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London. After carrying on business- for three years, Alberg failed, and Alstrom (as his name was before his ennoblement) engaged in the business of shipbroker on his own See also:

account, and eventually proved very successful. After travel-See also:

LING, PER HENRIK (1776-1839)

ling for several years on the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent, he was seized with the patriotic See also:

DESIRE

desire to transplant to his native See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country some of the See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries he had seen flourishing in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain. He accordingly returned to Alingsas, and in 1724 established a woollen factnry in the village. After preliminary difficulties it became a very profitable business. He next established a See also:

SUGAR

sugar refinery at See also:

GOTHENBURG (Swed. Goteborg)

Gothenburg, introduced improvements in the cultivation of potatoes and of See also:

PLANTS

plants suitable for See also:

DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, and directed See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to improved methods in See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding, tanning and the manufacture of See also:

CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery. But his most successful undertaking was the importation of See also:

sheep from See also:

England, See also:

Spain and See also:

ANGORA, or ENGURI

Angora. He received many marks of distinction, was created (1748) See also:

knight of the See also:

order of the See also:

North See also:

STAR

Star, and a few years later received letters of See also:

NOBILITY

nobility, with permission to See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change his name to Alstromer. He died on the and of See also:

JUNE

June 1761, leaving several See also:

WORKS

works on See also:

PRACTICAL

practical industrial subjects. A statue was erected in his See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour in the See also:

EXCHANGE

exchange at Stockholm. One of his sons, Clas (See also:

CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude) (1736–1794), was a naturalist of considerable See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence.

During a voyage to Spain he noticed a native Peruvian plant known in See also:

Peru as the See also:

LILY

lily of the Incas, at the Swedish counsul's at See also:

Cadiz; he sent a few seeds to his See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master and friend, See also:

LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, who named the genus in his honour Alstromeria. He also wrote a See also:

WORK

work on sheep-breeding.

End of Article: ALSTROMER, JONAS (1685—1761)

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