48 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



Bible of Gustavus Adolphus, in the year 1618, and was the 

 author of the celebrated " Privilegia qusedam Doctorum," 

 the production of which, in the year 1636, very nearly* 

 proved his ruin. His son Olaf Rudbeck, born 1630, 

 studied at Upsala, and in 1652 held a disputation there 

 on the circulation of the blood, and afterwards made dis- 

 coveries in anatomy which he rendered public in 1653. 

 In this year he travelled into Holland, but soon after 

 returned to Upsala, where he was, in the year 1658, ap- 

 pointed professor of medicine. As an aid in this study 

 he had previously established a botanical garden, into 

 which he introduced many rare plants from distant places, 

 and thereby afforded an astonishing example of the capa- 

 bilities of a northern climate. 



