The Swedish Botanical Garden
1942; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 149; Issue: 3772 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/149191b0
ISSN1476-4687
Tópico(s)Bryophyte Studies and Records
ResumoTHE January issue of the Anglo-Swedish Review announces that the Bergianska Tradgarden or Bergianum, the botanical garden of Stockholm, is to mark its hundred and fiftieth anniversary this year. It was founded in 1791 by Peter Jonas Berg, a doctor of medicine and a botanist, who bequeathed it to the Swedish Academy of Science. It consists of a purely scientific botanical section and a practical section, which in peace-time carries on a large exchange of seeds with most of the botanical gardens abroad. Among the latter is the botanical garden of Tokyo, which had to place considerable orders to complete its collections, part of which were destroyed in the earthquake ten years ago. The Bergianum is also in close touch with the United States, and some plants from the salt steppes of Russian Turkestan recently came from Russian botanical gardens. Most of the seeds received are of purely scientific interest, but sometimes seeds and plants of commercial value are also received. The results of experiments on the effects of the vigorous cold of the last two years on different plants will shortly be published in Acta Horti Bergiani, which contains the results of researuh work in systematics, cytology and embryology. The celebrated collection known as "Iconotheca Botanica Bergiana"contains 10,000 photographs by most of the botanists in the world. A large room in the main building is filled with cupboards which originally belonged to Bergius and contain his collections of plants and insects. Thanks to a donation, the Bergianum will soon have a winter garden where all the flora of the Mediterranean will be grown.
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