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His country-seat, Hammarby, at the distance of three 

 miles from Upsal, was cultivated and embellished in a 

 manner worthy of the owner. A saloon, in the man- 

 sion-house, was covered all around with a tapestry, that 

 represented numerous kinds of the most beautiful flow- 

 ers, of all climates, in their true dimensions, forms, and 

 colours. Among them, were those of the Liriodendron, 

 Magnolia grandiflora, Bignonia Catalpa, and others of 

 North-America. Linnaeus displayed this blooming map 

 of the world, with great satisfaction, and said, that I would 

 never, in my travels, behold such magnificent paintings, 

 not even in royal palaces. On a rock, in a sequestered 

 and shady place, was a solitary lodge, which contained 

 all his works. These, in the several editions, and vari- 

 ous elegant bindings, made a respectable library. 



He set a high botanical value on North- America, as 

 a country abounding in many kinds of stately trees, and 

 fine shrubs ; and as containing, in its yet unexplored 

 vast regions, treasures for natural history, and regretted 

 that he could never see it. In my farewell visit at Ham- 

 marby, he spoke much on this subject, and renewed the 

 former injunctions to collect specimens of animals, 

 plants, seeds, &c., for him. A few days afterwards, we 

 met again, unexpectedly, in the library of the Univer- 

 sity. There he bade me the last farewell, with an aflec- 

 tionate embrace, and these Avords : " Remember me 

 when thou comcst into thy kingdom." Being well ac- 

 quainted with the Bible, he often quoted remarkable 

 texts, and sometimes, in modes of allusion, both pleas- 

 ing and instructive. 



