Fragment of diary and annotations of different kinds taken during Linnaeus fil.'s stay in England.
Includes:
- Drawing of potted plant with 'Mr Smeathman, No 14 Clements Inn' on the reverse;
- Folio sheets entitled 'Vegetables eaten in England', not in Linnaeus fil.'s hand;
- Quarto sheets starting 'Solander reser med Joseph Banks...' on Banks's and Solander's circumnavigation with Captain Cook (between 1768 and 1771). Notes on chicken on the double sheet;
- Octavo sheet on 'Levers. Mus', zoological notes.
- Octavo sheet, with pencial drawing of flowers (Lilium?);
- Slip with botanical notes on plantation of plants in London and Spain (watermelons, olive trees);
- White folio sheet folded in four, with pencil annotations: the start of an address ('97 wardour [street]'?), notes on 'Loxia', 'Inanis tetradactylus', 'Psittacus', insects;
- Slip beginning 'uti Amsterdam trädgård ...';
- Slip with pencil annotations, mentions Hamburg and 'Kalmis rhododend.'. Note by von Sidow (?) indicates that the slip was found in Meerburgh, Nicolaas. (1782) "Naamlyst der Boom En Heestergewassen, Dienstig Tot Het Aanleggen Van Lustboschies of Zogenaamde Hermitagien". Leyden: By J. Meerburgh.
- Slip entitled 'Rad: Ninsi s. Gingseng';
- Slip with descriptions of "Costus arabicus", "C. spicatus", "C. Glabatus". The slip is the same format and paper as botanical slips written up by Linnaeus fil. in London (see LM/LF/BOT/3/9);
- Slip with pencil annotations on zoology. On the reverse, a note in English concerning "Onolus mexicanus", written to Henry Smeathman (1742–1786).
- Playing card with pencil annotations on botany, and on odontalgia and its cure on the reverse;
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'alla dessa tallas böra...';
- Slip with notes on rat-catchers (Rått fångare) in England. Notes from a book published in 1771;
- Octavo booklet, 9 detached leaves. Fragment of a diary kept during his journey to England;
- Small slip, entitled 'Medica';
- Octavo sheet, entitled 'i Hamburg', with names of scholars active there, such as Paul Dietrich Giseke (1745-1796);
- Quarto double sheet, beginning 'i England' with further notes on France and Holland;
- Quarto folded double sheet, beginning 'Fruntimmer i Ängland' (Women in England), with notes on English customs and weather. Inside, notes on "Pteris aquilina" and on Lord Rockingham;
- Quarto single sheet, entitled 'Penns-Hill låg 20 eng. mil ifrån London' (Painshill was 20 English miles from London), describing a visit to Painshill park, a landscape garden created by Charles Hamilton, with drawing of a waterwheel;
- Small slip with name and address of Baron de Reven, residing at No 11 King Street, St James. Not in Linnaeus's fil.'s hand;
- Small slip with name and address of Miss Gren, No 35 Freeth [Frith?] Street;
- Slip with pencil annotations: 'Mr Linné presents his compliments to Mr Smeathman, and is him most oblige for the sent Thermite; and will have the honor to wait upon him at the fiex hour, eleven a clok this afternoon. Excuse'. On the reverse, notes in Latin on 'serpenter aquatici';
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) entitled 'Solander', describing Solander's cerebral haemorrhage and death in May 1782;
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) entitled 'Utrecht', with mention of Mr Forteschy (Charles Fortescue?) and the delivery of a tree, "Bromelia ananas";
- Quarto double sheet, with list of days of the week and appointments. The Danish scholars Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797), Jørgen Zoëga (1755-1809), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730-1784), Lorenz Spengler (1720-1807), Johan Hieronymus Chemnitz (1730-1800) and Joachim Diedrich Cappel (1717-1784) are all mentioned. This relates to the trip to Southern Sweden and Denmark that Linnaeus fil. undertook before his Continental tour (see LM/LF/PP/5, Travel diary).
- 'Elocution and Polite Literature'. 4 ff., printed. On Mr Smeathman's method to teach to read, speak and write;
- Small slip beginning 'Mr Baed in Chelse...';
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'Electricitet ar nu i London...' on electricty as cure for several ailments;
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) entitled 'Vegetabilia', comparing vegetables in England and in Sweden;
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'Gonorrhé cureras i Frankrike mid Lavement och purgationes...';
- Quarto fascicle (4 ff) beginning 'Träd planteringar' (tree plantings) with pencil drawings;
- Long trimmed folio sheet, beginning 'Lad: Banks hat Guldfish...';
- Slim slip, with English text on one side: 'I have seen in the Botanical Garden 2 Liliaceas plants...' and an address in Paris on the reverse ('Hotel de Bourbon, rue des Petits Champs');
- Long trimmed folio sheet, beginning 'Vegetabilier andra sig till sin smak efter culturen...';
- Long trimmed folio sheet, entitled 'No 3. Vegetabilier som vi rusta...';
- Quarto sheet, beginning 'Tales (?) leucopcephalus Catesby';
- Quarto sheet, beginning 'En ny sort myxine ar i Brittiske Musaeum...', on a new variety of "Myxine" at the British Museum;
- Small slip with notes on Euphorbia and Jamaica;
- Printed quarto sheet, addressed to Linnaeus fil, and requesting his vote for the Reverend Mr Boyer for the 'Living of Wakering';
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'Till det finaste gradvall...';
- Octavo-sized folded sheet, with pencil annotations inside;
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'Kack...';
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) entitled 'Häckar' (hedges), with ink sketch;
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'Renealmia usneoides', with pencil drawing of man on reverse;
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'at sätta papperslappar på snicke...';
- Small slip, beginning 'Rak knife polerade...';
- Slip (same size as Linnaeus fil.'s paper slips) beginning 'Perenna växter' (perennial plants);
- Long trimmed folio sheet, with reference to 'Raj: hist:', John Ray's "Historia plantarum" (1686-1704);
- Long trimmed folio sheet, entitled 'Ångs Miotsel (?)';
- Octavo folded sheet, beginning with a pencil drawing of a garden feature. More drawings inside;
- Folded folio sheet with pencil maps of a garden (Kew?);
- Quarto sheet entitled 'Sätt att preparera Gode specimine for herbarier', notes on how to prepare good herbarium specimens;
- Quarto sheet with pencil drawing of a building facade, with text in ink;
- Quarto sheet with annotations on beehives, with pencil drawings;
- Quarto sheet, folded, with notes on "Erica", "Andromeda", "Azalea" and other plant genera;
- Quarto double sheet, with text and pencil drawings insed, beginning 'alla vegetabilie ar i Angland...' Mentions spilt peas; horticultural notes;
- Folio sheet beginning 'Lichen Roccella nyttia...';
- Torn folio sheet, with botanical ink drawing and text beginning 'Fusicula';
- Double folio sheet with list of plant names in the hands of both Daniel Solander and Linnaeus fil. Titled 'Ch. v. Linné'.