Title:
Albrecht von Haller to Carl Linnaeus
Type:
Image
Licence:
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Repository:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Linnaean Correspondence
Reference number:
LC/6/102
Archival level:
Item
Date:
23 October 1749
Placement:
Volume 6: 195
Extent:
195
Language:
la
Description:
Albrecht von Haller considers that it would be a nice gesture if Linnaeus were willing to delete those passages in Flora Svecica which endanger their friendship. Haller will send over his own method for Classes plantarum. But it has many gaps and only embraces a few genera. Nils Rosén von Rosenstein can be given what François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages has sent to Haller through Linnaeus. Haller has sent some things to Linnaeus, some from Pierre Barrère, and plates of the veins of leaves, published at Nuremberg. He congratulates Linnaeus on having found the character of Calamistrum. Haller has completed the characters of those German plants that do not belong to Switzerland; they will be seen in the “Prodromus Florae Germanicae”. Christian Gottlieb Ludwig has finished a work in which Linnaeus is discussed. The publication of Georg Hannaeus work, where Tussilago is augmented with the help of microscopical characters, has not yet appeared. He looks forward to learning about the acquisitions of Pehr Kalm.
Sender:
Haller, Albrecht von
Recipient:
Linnaeus, Carl
Sent to location:
[Uppsala, Sweden]
Transcription:
Perhumaniter facis, Linnaee celeberrime, quod aliquam meorum commodorum rationem habeas humanissime, quod a flora Suecica abesse vis ea, quae amicitiae nostrae minus videntur convenire. Quod classes plantarum adtinet, mittam, si potero, methodum meam, hiulcam quidem, et paucorum generum, paulum tamen reformatam. Sed nunc non vacat ob anatomicos, ut nosti, labores. Sauvagii quae habes, da, quaeso, Rosénio, qui mittet cum aliis, quibus me donare solet. Misi tibi varia, etiam a Barrero, tabulas nervorum foliorum, quae Noribergae prodeunt. Sed non videris accepisse et de eo fasciculo toto sum valde sollicitus. Te calamistri characterem invenisse gaudeo Tecum. Ego hac aestate tota periculose primum, deinde chronice decubui, et adhucdum sum infirmioris stomachi maleque digero. Nihil inveni, imo ne quaesivi quidem. Characteres tamen exterarum stirpium perfeci, quos in prodromo Ger[maniae] flor[ae] videbis, si DEUS dabit vitam. Disp[utationes] Tuas plusculas, gratissimum donum, accepi a Rosénio. Nova nunc proxime ex nundinis exspectamus, botanica quidem vix ulla. Sed Ludwigii demum perfectum de Tuis opus et tabulas forte Trewii stirpium rariorum. Hannaei non prodiit, qua tussilago cum charactere microscopico aucto exprimitur, in altera Galanthus, sed flore pleno. Aveo scire, quid boni adlaturus sit Kalmius, a quo plurima licet exspectare. Magnifica ex his itineribus nascitur Tibi inveniendi opportunitas. Ita vero vale et me, ut soles, ama A[lbertum] Hallerum. Gottingae d[ie] 23 Oct[obris] 1749. [address] A Monsieur / Monsieur Linnaeus Professeur / en Botanique trez celebre / A Upsal.
Previous reference number:
L1056
Condition note:
seal tear, prominent seal
