> ae ee PEENE 
1878.] Scientific News. 195 
occasion was profusely and tastefully decorated all around with 
fresh flowers and shields bearing inscriptions alluding to events in 
Linnæus’s life. In the backgroun nd was seen Linnæus’s bust, 
mounted on a pedestal and crowned with a wreath of fresh laurel: 
it was surrounded with living Thuyas. Above this was seen 
Linnæus’s coat of arms—in the centre a blue field with an egg (to 
illustrate his thesis “ Omne vivum ex ovo”), and around this three 
fields, viz: one black, one green, and one red, representing the 
three kingdoms of nature, the mineral, the vegetal and the 
animal. These fields were surmounted by a ekcane out of which 
two cactus leaves protruded. A garland of Linnea borealis was 
twisted round the whole crest. Opposite the background was 
seen, on the organ gallery, a ribbon with his motto, “ /xnocue 
vivito, Numen adest.’ A considérable number sf ladies in gala 
dresses added to the festive appearance of the . The chan- 
cellor of the University, Count H. Hamilton, the Archbishop, 
the Governor of Upland, the rector Manificus, and the prorector 
of the University had their seats next to the tribune. Next to 
them appeared some descendants of Linnzus, among them Dr. 
Tycho ee the zoologist. The whole auditorium numbered 
about 
The} programme began with a cantata by Prof. Josephson, with 
words by Prof. Fr. Holmgren, of which elegantly printed copies 
were distributed among the auditors. Botanicus Professor Th. 
M. Fries then mounted the tribune and read the oration, in which 
he, with his usual eloquence and spirit, gave a sketch of Linnzeus’s 
immortal works as naturalist, physician and academical teacher, 
as well as of his private life. He pointed out how Linnzus’s 
great genius was so much ahead of his time that many of seo 
greatest questions of our days were already conceived by 
although not understood by his contemporaries and therefore (eee 
until in our days they have been taken up again. Even 
and energy enabled him to complete an enormous amount of 
work, Only his private correspondence would have been enough 
