LINN^US. ^7 



She had drawn and described four hundred 

 plants, according to his method, using English 

 terms. 



Pleased with the favour and interest thus mani- 

 fested, Linnaeus acknowledged his sense of them, 

 by preserving the names of these ladies in the vege- 

 table kingdom, and, among others, he named two 

 genera of beautiful plants, Monsonia and Coldenia. 

 The study of botany was so greatly promoted and 

 facilitated by the easy and pleasant method intro- 

 duced by Linnaeus, that it is no wonder the ladies 

 acknowledged, with gratitude, their obligation to 

 the naturalist who first originated a method by 

 which this delightful study could be brought 

 within the attainment of all who loved it. 



Linnaeus wished to visit Paris, and travelled by 

 way of Ley den, where he enjoyed the society of 

 Lieberkiihn, a professor possessed of "incom- 

 parable microscopes." He stopped there until the 

 spring of 1738, and not long before his departure, 

 he had an affecting interview with the great 

 Boerhaave, then on his death-bed. This illustrious 

 man, who had proved himself so generous a friend 

 to the young naturalist, took a sorrowful and 

 affectionate leave of him. His parting words were : 

 " I have lived out my time, and done what I could ; 

 may God preserve thee, from whom the world 

 expects much more. Farewell, dear Linnaeus ! " 

 Linnaeus fell ill, and was attended by his fellow- 

 labourer. Von Swieten, and on his recovery Mr. 

 Clifford sent him for a tour into Brabant. Thence 



