This 2007 special edition marks the tercentenary of Linnaeus’ birth. It features the following contributions: Foreword David Cutler Part 1 – Unlocking the Past Commemoration Speech Carl-Olof Jacobson The Keen Eye: Linnaeus – The Man Who Saw Everything Karin Berglund Linnaeus: An 18th Century Background Marie-Christine Skuncke What’s more important, a good story or a true story? The merging of facts and fiction at Linnaeus’ houses in Uppsala Margareta Nisser-Dalman Making Memorials: Early Celebrations of Linnaeus Hanna Östholm The Origin of and the Philosophy behind Linnaeus’ Sexual System Nils Uddenberg Linnaeus’ sexual system and flowering plant phylogeny Birgitta Bremer Science or poetry? Vernacular plant names and binary nomenclature in Sweden around 1900 Jenny Beckman Apollos of Systematic Botany Pieter Baas Part 2 – Botanical Art in the Age of Linnaeus Linnaeus’ use of illustrations in his naming of plants Charlie Jarvis Georg Dionysius Ehret: A Glimpse into the Golden Age of Botany Annika Erikson Browne Botanical Art in the Age of Linnaeus Brent Elliott Linnaeus’ Legacy: Botanical Art from the Age of Transoceanic Discovery John Edmondson Part 3 – Today and the Future Linné and Taxonomy in Japan: On the 300th Anniversary of his Birth His Majesty The Emperor of Japan England’s Linnaeus Brent Elliott Linnaeus’ Lapland Herbarium in Paris Bengt Jonsell The conservation of iconic objects and Linnaeus’ books and wallpaper Per Cullhed The Linnean collections at Uppsala University Roland Moberg Linnaeus’ specimens of mammals and birds Anthea Gentry The Linnaeus Link Project Carol Gökçe Linnaean Landscapes – Transforming Linnaeus’ Cultural Context into a Cultural Heritage Mariette Manktelow A Tribute to Linnaeus at the Chelsea Flower Show 2007 Ulf Nordfjell Naming Nature: The Future of the Linnaean System Sandra Knapp Edited by Mary J. Morris and Leonie Berwick Special Issue No. 8 of The Linnean Newsletter and Proceedings of The Linnean Society of London
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