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though a scientific man of high standing, he lays aside, if not 
disdains, other scientific work, in order to make his garden a real 
botanical garden and as he said himself ‘to study the living 
things.” ‘He spends all the time he can among his plants. It is 
a pity, however that his in is rather poor and he is often con- 
fined to his house. One e finest sights was his collertign of 
columbines, which he now is > dying in the same way as he 
studied the ania some yea: 
The director t his laboratory and library. 
The former and the halls were ornamented with the portraits of 
hundreds of botanists from all parts of the world. Many familiar 
faces from America met me there. The fine, although small, con- 
servatory contained among other things specimens of Victoria. 
he herbarium is located in the city, a Pils “s “ Riksmuseum.” 
It is a fine collection, rich especially in S d Brazilian 
plants. Dr. Rignell, a physician who resided for years in Brazil, 
gave a large fund, the interest of which may be used for the in- 
ora 
son, who publis a large monograph, te the genus Salix 
for DeCandolle’s Prodromus and helped in preparing the manu- 
script for Hooker’s Flora Boreali-Americai I took many valu- 
able notes regarding species occurring in this country. 
The old botanical garden at Upsala was situated on the lowlands 
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botanical garden at Upsala. Lately Hammarby has been bought 
y an association, somewhat in the same way as Mount Vernon, 
Washington’ s home, and has been partly restored to its old con- 
itions. 
The new garden is situated on a plateau above the University 
