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56 [Doc. 6.
GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
erected a pavilion. Four doors with which he had provided it
formed a square ; but by means of other four doors, he could
in an instant change it into an octagon. One of these doors
had a secret lock, and when it was opened, another door ap
peared with a window of looking -glass, which was opposite an
arbour, where a birdcage was suspended. When anyone
opened this door, this contrivance produced upon him the
pleasant surprise of a second garden, which, according to
Swedenborg’s statement, was more beautiful than the first. At
the entrance of his garden there was a bed . richly covered
with flowers, which he liked very much. One corner of his
garden was occupied by a kind of maze, planted expressly for
the amusement of the persons by whom he was visited. He
derived, however, no other advantage from the garden; for he
left the whole produce of it to the gardener who had charge
of it, as well as of a pretty conservatory, in which he took
much pleasure.*
4. This gardener and his wife were his only domestics,
and he kept them till the time of his death. † The wife
made his bed, brought him water, and placed it in his
ante-room . He made his own coffee, and drank it very freely,
using a good deal of sugar. When at home he scarcely
lived on anything but milk, in which he soaked some bis
cuits ; then also he drank no wine, nor any spirituous liquor.
When invited out he was very temperate in eating and drink
ing ; but he was always of an even disposition, and inclined
to sprightliness.I
* Cfr. Robsham’s Memoirs, SS 4–6, and also the “Official Account of
Swedenborg’s property in Hornsgatan ,” published after his death, which is
contained in Section IV., in which more particulars are given, and where
also several of Pernety’s statements are rectified; e. g. the pavilion described
by Pernety was not in the centre of Swedenborg’s garden, but on one
side of it; the arbour or hedge with a volière or bird-cage being on the
opposite side; while in the middle of the garden there was another sum
mer-house built " according to the plan of one which Swedenborg had seen
in a nobleman’s garden in England.” Moreover, the maze of which Pernety
speaks, was not “ planted,” i. e. did not consist of a living hedge, but was -
constructed of boards.
+ See an account respecting them, written by “Uncle Adam ," Dr.
Wetterberg, in Section XI : “Swedenborg and his Gardener-folks.”
| Cfr. Robsahm’s Memoirs, $ 3.
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