"Frutetum et Arboretum Svecicum" drafts

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"Frutetum et Arboretum Svecicum" drafts

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Title: "Frutetum et Arboretum Svecicum" drafts

Type: Image

Licence: Public domain (see https://www.europeana.eu/en/rights/public-domain-usage-guidelines)

Repository: The Linnean Society of London

Collection: Linnaean Manuscripts

Reference number: LM/LP/BOT/5/6

Archival level: Item

Creator name: Linné, Carl von (1707-1778)

Date: 1758

Extent: 8 images

Description: Notes and lists of trees and shrubs for the dissertations "Frutetum svecicum", defended on 23 May 1758 by David Magnus Virgander (1734-1783) and "Arboretum svecicum" defended on {30} June 1759 by David Davidsson Pontin (1733-1809).The dissertation "Frutetum svecicum" concentrated on the culture of fruit trees and fruit-producing shrubs in Sweden, and the importance of native plants for food.The dissertation "Arboretum svecicum" was an account of the growth and size of native trees of Sweden.Fol 2v contains what looks like an ealry draft of the classification of trees according to their habitat/economic use, and is further developed on the next folii.

Dimensions: 207x322mm

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