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The Floral King. 221
Hammarby, situated about six English miles south-
east of Upsala, on the great plain surrounding
that town. It then had only two small, one-storied,
log-houses standing opposite to each other. Four
years afterwards, in 1762, the new owner had a
larger two-storied house, also of wood, built between
the two smaller ones, and in this house, which is
still retained in its original form, are kept various
belongings, with which in Linnzus’ time his house
was furnished, and bought for £1,666 by the State
in 1879, to be kept as a monument to Linneus. On
the space in front he had planted two chestnut trees
and two Siberian appletrees, of which one of each
yet remains.
Down in the garden, near the rustic wooden
enclosure, a little to the left on passing from the
dwelling house, is to this day a square place,
surrounded by tall trees, which was pointed out
by his grand-daughter as “‘ grandfather’s arbour,”
and here he used to sit and smoke his long pipe,
and where also the dinner used to be served, as
often as the weather would permit. Many plants
which now grow wild there in great abundance,
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