Uppsala Academic Garden (Hortus Upsaliensis) in the mid-1740s
after the changes introduced by Carl Hårleman and Linnaeus.
Illustration from the dissertation ’Hortus Upsaliensis’
1745, photograph from the Linnaeus Museum collections.
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According to Linnaeus’
plans
When the Swedish Linnaeus Society acquired access to Linnaeus’
botanical garden, restoration of the facilities began. The basis
was the drawings in Hortus Upsaliensis (1745), Linnaeus’
own original plan. To be able to provide the garden with the right
plant material, a register was used that listed the plants that
had grown in the garden in Linnaeus’ time. The register
had been compiled by Oscar Juel from Linnaeus’ published
works and letters.
The Linnaeus Garden was formally inaugurated in 1923 at the Society’s
spring meeting and by 1928 the garden was considered fully restored.
The process had been extremely costly. The Society was therefore
grateful for donations and gifts from companies and individuals,
not only in the form of seeds and plants, but also water and sand
free of charge from Uppsala’s municipal water system and
quarries.
The Swedish Linnaeus Society ran the Linnaeus Garden until 1977,
when Uppsala University took over the responsibility.
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The history of the Society
The history of
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