18 CAROLUS LINNMUS 



that ornament of the northern landscape, the 

 great linden tree, and supplied to all scientific 

 posterity the illustrious and immortal name 

 Linnaeus. In view of this, that the most 

 signal and lasting service that the great 

 Linnaeus rendered botany was the reform 

 he wrought in the Latin nomenclature of 

 plants, the derivation of his own name, its 

 botanical origin and character, can not fail to 

 be of interest to all who, on this his two- 

 hundredth natal day, unite in celebrating his 

 imperishable fame. 



The Reverend Nils Linnaeus was no sooner 

 married and settled in the charge of a parish 

 than he began the creation of an orchard 

 and garden, following the inspiration he had 

 received in boyhood while under the benign 

 influence of his uncle, the Reverend Sven 

 Tiliander. When Nils Linnaeus's garden had 

 been four or five years established, the pro- 

 prietor began to lead within its precincts his 

 first-born child, a small white-haired boy, 

 active and intelligent beyond the average, 

 for his years. Flowers, beyond all things 

 else, were this small child's delight. Even at 

 the age of four years he knew the names of 

 all the familiar kinds. On a May day picnic 

 excursion that the pastor gave the children 



