Hi There,
The Swedes love their 'old stuff' auctions and second hand shops (Loppis)!
We picked up a trailer load of .... what can only be described as 'miscellaneous things' from an auction near Oskarhamn.
Something in particular has interested us and I wonder if anyone has come across this sort of thing before. It was listed as a Herbarium. It's mainly a collection of around 100 (I havent counted them) pressed grasses/herbs/flowers in paper foleders. These are all dated and signed for around 1922.
Also in the same lot, there was a separate book of pressed plants titles, 'Svenska Fodervexta' (roughly translated means Swedish Forage Plants). This is appears to be dated 1851. It's a folder containing around 30-40 samples (an example is shown. It's the one without the separate label). The name on the cover is J Bjurzon (which appears to be different from the signature).
I've done a wee bit of googling on the name, J Bjurzon and got the following:-
"Bjurzon, Jonas (1810-1882), Swedish (Varmland) botanist, studied at the University of
Uppsala from 1838. (Bjurzon).
herbarium and types: See KR p. 87, no. 2: Svenska Fodervexter, exsiccatae of fodderplants,
2 fasc, each 35 plants on 23 leaves (fide KR), see Bot. Not. 1851: 221.
bibliography and biography: Barnhart 1: 193; BM 1: 168; KR p. 87 (b. 11 Jul 1810, d. 26
Jun 1882); PR 804; Rehder 1: 354; Tucker 1: 86.
21.391. Skandinaviens vdxtfamiljer i sammandrag framstallda ... Upsala (Wahlstrom & C.)
1846. Oct. (Skand. vdxtfam.).
PubL: 1846, p. [i-viii], [1]-100, folded table. Copy: NY. "
Doesnt really mean much to me I'm afraid...
Would really be interested in any info relating to this sort of thing. I find it quite fascinating ....
The whole lot cost about the equivalent of just under £2 ..