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of which he says Rosen cured him ; and he was able to 

 go to recruit his strength at his beloved Hammarby, now 

 finished, and ready to receive him. 1 i It is pleasing to 

 read in his private memoranda the gratitude he ex- 

 presses to his old rival Rosen for his skill and atten- 

 tion during this illness, and the expressions of intimate 

 regard by which they were now become attached to 

 each other.' 2 This illness should have warned him 

 ' against all attempts to work at more than human 

 speed ' ; but, not to lose a moment when the disease was 

 subdued, he brought with him his MSS. to Hammarby, 

 and prepared the descriptions of the queen's museum 

 for publication. 3 



In July 1764 a great housewarming took place at 

 Hammarby in the shape of a double family festival 

 Linnaeus's silver wedding, 4 which was celebrated on 

 July 9 ; and on July 12, his eldest daughter, Elizabeth 

 Christina, was married to Carl Frideric von Bergencranz, 

 a lieutenant in the Upland regiment of cavalry. 



The festival of the silver wedding was honoured by 

 the presence of the Prince Royal, afterwards Gustavus III., 



1 Diary. 2 Smith. 



s Museum S:<e R:<z Mtis. Ludovicce Ulrica Regince Suecorunt, 

 Gotlwrum, Vandalorumque, &c., printed Holmiae, 1764. The Latin 

 preface is dated Hammarby, July 30, 1764. A Swedish preface pre- 

 cedes this. It is a stout octavo of 720 pages, somewhat carelessly 

 written, and in no way equal to the magnificent companion work on 

 the king's museum. The British Museum copy is bound up with the 

 abridged edition of the Museum Adolplii Friderici Regis, published 

 the same year. 



4 Silfer Brollup. 



