76 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



the central hall. REGIA ACADEMIA CAROLINA is inscribed 

 on the garden front of this new university, which has 

 been built within the last six years. At the entrance 

 door are four colossal female figures with tablets in- 

 scribed Theologia, Juris-Scientia, Medicina, Philosophia. 

 This assemblage of new and old buildings gives a grace 

 and dignity to Lund. PALESTRA ET ODEVM sufficiently 

 designates the intention of another brick building com- 

 pleting the group. Tegner's statue faces them all. 

 The present botanic garden is on the eastern outskirt 

 of the town. There are some large tree-ferns in the 

 hothouses, and the garden is a fine one, with borders of 

 poet's narcissus (in May) a foot deep in long continuous 

 chains ; but, excepting these, there is a better display of 

 flowers in the windows of the streets leading to the 

 gardens. A notice was posted up inviting the students 

 on May 28 to go on a botanical excursion to Refta and 

 FogelsSng, this latter a favourite haunt of Linnaeus. 



They know nothing of Linnaeus now at Lund, but 

 they are very proud of their poet Tegner and his house 

 in the Klostergade. The students do not learn modern 

 languages ; Greek, it appears, they speak fluently ; a 

 little more German would be more convenient, and 

 perhaps English; French they do not aim at. Their 

 manners are more Gothic here than in the rest of 

 Sweden, from their proximity to Denmark, where 

 people are less polite, though a great deal of capping 

 and bowing goes on. But to return to Linnaeus. 



He was allowed to attend Stobaeus's demonstrations 



