PREFECT OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN 247 
two wings. At the same time, the old stone house 
which was built by the elder Rudbeck, after the 
disastrous fire of 1702, with iron doors and joists, 
instead of wood, was pulled down, and a new one built, 
with larger windows and rooms, and the added luxury 
of plaster ceilings. The Chancellor agreed that 
Professor Linnaeus should occupy the house rent free, 
and soon after he moved into it, living there till his 
death. The garden was remodelled according to the 
French fashion, with straight paths, flower quarters, 
borders, clipped hedges, etc., which showed a striking 
contrast to the old one, which was almost without plan. 
Hereby the garden and its buildings received the 
arrangement which was retained during Linne’s time. 
Only a few slight alterations were made in 1775, in 
consequence of damage by a storm. By degrees more 
land was added to the extent of the garden, up to 1771, 
but the accession of plants during Linne’s prefectship 
were so great that everything was greatly crowded. 
A good idea of the garden may be obtained from 
“ Hortus Upsaliensis ” of 1745, and in an interleaved 
copy belonging to Linne, we find instructions as to 
sowing seeds and the conduct of the garden, which 
throws additional light upon the state of things in the 
middle of the eighteenth century. One of the wings of 
the orangery was the dwelling house of the gardener, 
whilst Linne’s work-room at the other end of the 
garden, commanded a view of the whole. The total 
number of plants rose from 200 to more than 3,000. 
In the year 1742, 567 plants were sown; in 1743, 
500; and in 1744 more than 1,000. These 
additions came mostly from Linne’s numerous 
correspondents, till in 1747, the gardener had to quit 
the orangery wing, which was converted into a plant- 
house. By 1762, Linne was able to say that no botanic 
garden in Europe was so rich as that of Uppsala in 
plants of all kinds. In 1761 came a chest of living 
plants from Governor Tulbagh at the Cape, and in 
1769, from the same source, “a splendid collection of 
