THE DREAM FULFILLED is? 



of the Upsal Academy, and was employed on some 

 public occasions to do the honours of the university. 



Linnseus's garden was enriched by presents from 

 all parts of the globe. ' Formerly,' he writes in a 

 letter to Haller, ' I had plants but no money, and now, 

 of what use is money without plants ? ' This is part of 

 a long letter written July 18, 1743 the very day of his 

 installation in his new house. Rosen called to con- 

 gratulate him, and they talked of Haller, for the letter 

 ends somewhat queerly, or as if an Irishman held the 

 pen ' Whilst I am writing, my colleague Dr. Rosen, 

 physician to the king, comes and tells me of your 

 death having taken place in April last. I hesitate in 

 the greatest anxiety and consternation whether or not 

 to send my letter. If death had deprived me of a parent, 

 or wife, or only son, I could hardly feel more ! If the 

 news be true, I know not how I could escape seeing 

 it in the public papers. I hope for better things ! ' 



Haller's letter to Linnaeus, dated Gottingen, August 

 25, 1743, begins, 4 I am still living, my excellent Lin- 

 naeus, and as much attached to you by esteem and 

 affection as ever.' 



Now Linnaeus had to set to work not only collecting 

 plants, but collecting, or rather creating, a botanical 

 library. Books and pictures are perhaps the nearest 

 approach to creation of anything that man can do. 



1 In 1 744 Linnaeus improved botany very much, and 

 worked on the necessary books, without which the pro- 

 fessorship would not have been of so much use as it 



