Linnaeus in the Fields
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Gareth Evans visits the historic botanic garden Linnéträdgården in Uppsala the home of 'the father of botany' Carl Linnaeus (von Linné). From here he departed for some of his self-documented expeditions to countryside of his native Sweden. |
Herbs, vol.25 no.4 2000.
Herbs, the journal of the Herb Society
Herbs, the journal of the Herb Society
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| Linnaeus in the Fields |
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Brown with sorrel are fields lying fallow. Blue of the brightest are sloping fields covered with Echium, surpassing in splendour anything that can be imagined. Yellow and brightly gleaming are the fields of Chrysanthemum … White as snow are sand-fields of the sweet-smelling Dianthus. Dappled are the waysides with Echium, Cichorium, Anchusa and Malva … from Carl Linnaeus Skånska Resa (Skåne Travels) Stockhom 1751. |
A Swedish wildflower meadow
near Skara
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Related articles:
Links:
The Linnaeus Garden, Uppsala, Sweden
Linnaeus, Pharmacy and Medicinal Plants, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Further Reading
Linnaeus’s Öland and Gotland Journey 1741. trans. Marie Åsberg & William T. Stearn.
Academic Press 1974.
The Compleat Naturalist – A Life of Linnaeus. Wilfrid Blunt. Collins 1971.