PREFACE 



THIS Guide has been drawn up to accompany a collection 

 of portraits, autographs, manuscripts, specimens and books, 

 which has been arranged by order of the Trustees in com- 

 memoration of the bicentenary of the birth of Linnaeus. 

 These memorials .of Linnaeus are exhibited in three cases in 

 the second botanical bay on the east side of the Great Hall. 

 The fine series of autograph letters and manuscripts is from the 

 Department of Manuscripts, and has been prepared for exhibi- 

 tion by the Keeper, Dr. G. F. Warner. The large portrait of 

 Linnaeus in Lapland costume and the portrait of Dr. Solander 

 are from the Department of Prints and Drawings. For the loan 

 of the specimens and books from Linnaeus' s own collection we 

 are indebted to the courtesy of the President and Council of the 

 Linnean Society ; without this help the exhibition would have 

 been far less interesting. To Dr. William Carruthers, formerly 

 Keeper of the Department of Botany, we owe the fine series of 

 portraits of Linnaeus. The remaining exhibits are from the 

 Department of Botany, which contains several early collections- 

 associated with Linnaeus. 



A. B. RENDLE. 



DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 

 BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), 

 July, 1907. 



