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Linnaeus in the Sun 

faded glory in Spain.

A mosquito-ravaged Gareth Evans once stumbled upon a historic herbal shop in Barcelona.  The subsequent article is from 2003 when the Herboristeria del Rei was not in such good shape as it happily appears to be now.  
       Since the article was published the shop has featured in the film adaptation of Patrick Suskind's novel Perfume (2006),   

 Herbs, vol.28 no.1 2003.  Herbs, the journal of the Herbs Society.
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Faded Glory - Barcelona
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Herboristeria dei Rei, Carrer Vidre, Barcelona
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