Linnes Hammarby. 



THE HOME OF LINNE. 



There still exists the country residence of Carl von Linne, or 

 Linnaeus, as he is usually known by the Latin form of his name. 

 The home is located about five or six miles from Upsala, and is 

 preserved exactly as when Linne lived there the same furniture, 

 the same pictures on the walls, even the clothing that Linne wore 

 hangs in the closet. The illustration above is taken from a sou- 

 venir postal card that I bought from the attendant. As I could not 

 speak Swedish with her, I did not learn to whom the world is in- 

 debted for the preservation of this Linnaean museum, but I pre- 

 sume it is under the care of the Swedish government. Linne's 

 living house and his study rooms are in the building directly in 

 front. The tree shown in the picture as before the house, has re- 

 cently blown down; otherwise I think the illustration presents the 

 same scene as when Linne lived there. Not shown in the picture 

 but some yards back in the woods Linne built his museum. It is 

 a square building with a single room about twelve feet square, and 

 contains his library, his herbarium case and other cases for speci- 

 mens. As is well known, the specimens are in the rooms of the 

 Linnaean Society at London. 



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