4 NOTES FROM THE JOURNAL OF A BOTANIST IN EUROPE. 
from Christiania to thé northernmost point of Norway as from 
Christiania to Rome. 
On my arrival I called at once on the venerable Professor Fries. 
I found him at home, surrounded by his children and grand- 
children, assembled to celebrate his seventy-eighth birthday. Only 
one of his family was absent, a son who lives in Florida. He 
welcomed me warmly, and regretted that he was too feeble to show 
me Upsala. He spoke German, but so slowly that it was difficult 
to follow him. His daughters spoke English; the youngest, who 
is unmarried, very well. He wears the traditional long black coat 
and skull-cap, and has the venerable appearance and benign ex- 
pression, which is shown in the photograph of himself and the 
amiable Madame Fries, which I remember in Professor Gray’s 
collection. Professor Fries directed me to the college building 
where his son resides, and told me that he would be glad to act as 
my escort in Upsala. The way to the laboratory was through 
very classic grounds. Just back of the castle is the Library, Car- r 
olina Rediviva, with an avenue to the right leading to the Obelisk 
and the Cathedral. Here are some fine trees, and it has been the 
favorite walk of many distinguished professors. Back of the i 
library is a large grove with a cemetery in which are buried Wahl- 
enberg and Thunberg. In the grove and cemetery are a number 
of Runic monuments, and through the centre of the grove runs a 
broad avenue to the laboratory, in the second story of which sev- — 
eral of the professors have suites of rooms. Not finding Professor 
Fries at home I called again the next morning. 
The younger Professor Theodore Fries, stout and robust, and 
not the least like his father in personal appearance, kindly offered 
to be my guide in the city. The situation of Upsala is bleak and — 
even dismal, a single hill on which stands the cathedral, castle 
and university buildings, in the midst of a wide plain. The 
cathedral, an ancient brick structure, has no great claims to 
beauty, but is chiefly interesting on account of the tombs and 
relics contained in it. The tomb of Gustav Vasa is the lion of 3 
the place, but to all naturalists the tomb of Linnæus, of black — 
marble with a medallion, is the chief attraction. The design is 
simple, and in striking contrast to the elaborate sculptures sacred 
to the memory of some very noble but now completely forgotten 
individuals. In front of the cathedral is a promenade respected % 
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