32 EMINENT NATURALISTS. 



in 1788, and has connected with it to-day men of great 

 scientific research and renown. This society was pre- 

 ceded by one established in Paris, and was followed 

 by one in Leipsic, established in 1790. 



The royal prince of Denmark had a service of 

 porcelain made, on which the flora of his country 

 were painted, according to the Linnsean system. 



It is impossible in a limited space like the present 

 to give a list of the published works of the great 

 naturalist. Many of these were distinguished by 

 great research and thought. 



His activity during the working years of his life 

 was as great as his thirst for truth. The strictest 

 order, the most punctual regularity, distinguished all 

 his actions. In the summer he usually slept five 

 hours, rising at three in the morning, and in the 

 winter he invariably rose at six. He was most genial 

 and kind in manner, a true and tender husband and 

 father to the six children who were born to them. 



With a keen remembrance of his own poverty, 

 he frequently returned the class fees to the poorer 

 students of the university of Upsala. 



His coat of arms included the motto, " To spread 

 fame by deeds." Throughout his life he had a pro- 

 found adoration of the DivinnVy, and never lost sight 

 of this in all his researches. \Vhenever he found 

 an opportunity of expatiating on the greatness, the 

 providence, the omnipotence of God, which frequently 

 happened in his lectures and botanical excursions, 

 his heart glowed with emotion, and a deep religious 

 fervour entered into his discourses. 



