36 CAROLUS LINN&US 



Hierobotanon was the result of his attempt to 

 fulfil that commission, and, by the way, none 

 will ever know how largely he may have been 

 indebted to the young student Linnaeus in 

 the preparation of that work. The examina- 

 tion that he had given the youth, there in the 

 botanic garden, had filled him with wondering 

 admiration. Celsius saw that he needed him; 

 saw also in his worn clothing and almost 

 bare feet the evidence of a worthy student's 

 grinding poverty. Within a few days Linnaeus 

 was comfortably housed with Professor Celsius ; 

 having been commanded to bring with him that 

 herbarium of 600 Swedish plants which he said 

 had accumulated with the last three years. 



Celsius was to write a botany of Palestine 

 by and by, and was now devoting as much 

 time as he might to the botany that was at 

 hand, that of his own country; and he had 

 augmented his great scholar's library by the 

 acquisition of all the standard and many 

 rare books of botany. Linnaeus was again 

 in the enjoyment of great good fortune. Yet 

 all this was not for long. Celsius's very zeal 

 and benevolence on his behalf brought the 

 young man into trouble. By his great influ- 

 ence he procured for Linnaeus an examination, 

 which was followed by a license to lecture 



