THE LINDEN-TREE 89 



month of roses, he brought his Sara Lisa. 



At first Carl Linnaeus found himself *^a 

 prophet without honor in his own country." It 

 is true that as a doctor, he was making money; 

 but ^^he was fonder of meddling with plants 

 than with patients. ' ' Still did he long to be * ^ a 

 Priest of Flora''; and three years later, he 

 was offered the Chair of Botany in Upsala, in 

 which he sat for thirty long and happy years, 

 lecturing, and writing books on plants, ani- 

 mals and minerals — books that made him his 

 country's pride. 



When Carl began the study of botany, he 

 found a number of rather crude ways of classi- 

 fying plants. He made a new system of plant 

 relationship, based on the pistils and stamens 

 of flowers. He shortened the long Latin names, 

 giving each plant a clear, concise description. 

 He classified animals and minerals, too, and is 

 called *Hhe Lawgiver of Natural History." 



Carl gave the University such a name that 

 students flocked from near and far. Science 

 showered him with honors, medals were struck 

 in his name, and King Frederick made him a 



