TOUR IN SKANE 271 



Gunnerstorp, staying at Larkesholm, Baron Lieven's 

 place, ' its gardens curtained in by ancient and enormous 

 trees.' This part of the tour reads like a royal progress, 

 and Linnaeus writes pages upon pages doubtless an epi- 

 tome of much pleasant talk of description of riches and 

 curiosities. Then he makes for Christianstad again, where 

 he stays some three or four days, and the tour is over ; 

 he has examined Sk&ne from end to end and most com- 

 pletely. He re-entered Sm&land by Ljungby, reach- 

 ing the parish of Stenbrohult on August 3, and revisit- 

 ing his birthplace on the 6th. Summer seems to have a 

 good deal repaired the ravages of the fire. The parsonage 

 was being rebuilt, and well advanced, soon to be refilled 

 with a wife and busy household ; but it was no longer the 

 old home nor the old garden. The works were in progress 

 to receive the pastor, his brother Samuel, and his bride. 

 Carl did what he could to renovate and restore the 

 garden for his brother. 



c A brother is a great possession in this world one 

 of the greatest,' says Carlyle. 



His native woods were in their golden decline : the 

 early spring had brought an early autumn. A modern 

 hand must sketch the picture Linnaeus saw : ' The 

 leaf had changed but had not fallen ; the spiral masses 

 of the dark green juniper effectively contrasted with 

 the rich brown foliage of the beech, varied occa- 

 sionally by the scarlet leaves of the wild cherry-tree.' 

 The lime-tree of Linnhult was a quivering mass of gold. 

 It seemed so very long ago that Linnaeus had seen it 



