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of Wykeliam's crosier is kept, and the cloisters, ' which 

 are fine but gloomy, and less beautiful than those of 

 Magdalene,' and the lovely gardens of Merton College. 



Perhaps best of all Linnaeus loved the Botanical 

 Library, and that glorious Bodleian, whose catalogue he 

 would ransack, and eagerly scan the backs of the books ; 

 for the good reason Dr. Johnson gives us ' Knowledge 

 is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we 

 know where we can find information upon it/ 



Linnaeus here found out, to his surprise, that Le 

 Vaillant was not actually the first to clearly see the 

 sexes of plants, although he had been given the credit 

 of it. That discovery belongs to Sir Thomas Millington, 

 of Oxford, in the seventeenth century. He flourished 

 about 1670. 



Dillenius, writing to Dr. Richardson, says Linnaeus 

 stayed eight days at Oxford. This was probably on 

 a first visit, for we hear he remained at Oxford a 

 month altogether. 



Pacing the cloistered Gothic arch of Trinity lime 

 grove, the scent of the linden blossom recalled power- 

 fully to his mind -the lime tree of his native place. 

 Walking in the physic garden reminded him still more 

 keenly of his Northern home. 



Linnaeus remained at Oxford till Midsummer Day, 

 when the ceremonial much reminded him of Sweden, 

 and revived with extra force his longing to get home. 



The old guide-book before quoted says : ' It is 

 customary on St. John Baptist's Day to have the 



