1 3 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNALUS 



rescence,' this gave a good opening for controversy. The 

 4 Times' of April 1885, speaking of the new statue 

 of Linngeus in the Humle Garden at Stockholm, says : 

 { On the 13th of next month a statue of the celebrated 

 Swedish botanist Linnaeus will be publicly unveiled at 

 Stockholm. The day will be the 178th anniversary of 

 his birth.' The obelisk says he was born on May 23. 

 Linnaeus's own diary fixes the date with scrupulous 

 exactness, as May \\-\^ between 12 and 1 in the 

 night. 



The reason of these aberrations regarding his birthday 

 is that, taking the 1 3th of May as about a central date, 

 some authors in their 'cuteness, thinking they are the 

 first to remember the fact of the late change in Sweden 

 from the Old to the New Style in the calendar, have 

 put him on or back eleven days, or some only ten days 

 inclusive, not being able for the life of them to remember 

 whether it should be eleven days forward or backward ; 

 accordingly the date ranges from the 3rd to the 24th 

 of May, an important difference in the short Swedish 

 spring. Carl was the first-born child of his parents ; 

 other little ones followed quickly on three daughters 

 and a second son. 



We will have one short look round the curate's 

 cottage at R&shult before removing with him to the 

 somewhat larger house and much larger garden of 

 Stenbrohult rectory. The granite obelisk, surmounted 

 with the Polar star in gold, stands tall in front of the 

 small red cottage (of the curacy) at the top of the slop- 



