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completed by the publication of his Hortus Clif- 

 fortianus, in which were described all the species of 

 plants cultivated in the burgomaster's garden. The 

 Critica Botanica, in which he attempted to reform 

 the absurd nomenclature that then prevailed^, and 

 the Viridarium Cliflfortianum, describing the green- 

 house-plants of Clitfort's establishment^ were the 

 other books published by him during this year. 



Boerhaave, who had been in a great measure the 

 author of his good fortune in Holland, now procured 

 for him the appointment of physician in ordinary 

 to the Dutch colony of Surinam, which, however, 

 he declined, both on account of the insalubrity of 

 the climate, and because he could now entertain 

 the prospect of a more eminent station. He there- 

 fore recommended a young friend named Bartsch, 

 who died in six months after his arrival in South 

 America. 



When about to depart from Leyden, Linnaeus 

 went to take leave of Boerhaave. The interview, 

 which, however melancholy, was very flattering, is 

 thus related by him : " That great man, who was 

 affected with a dropsy of the chest which forced him 

 to keep himself always sitting in his bed to prevent 

 suffocation, would not receive visiters, but admitted 

 me to bid him farewell. Summoning the little 

 strength that remained in him, he raised my hand 

 to his lips, and said : ' I have finished my career, 

 and all that I have been permitted to do I have 

 done ; may God preserve you, who have yet a greater 

 task to perform ! What the learned world expected 

 from me it has obtained ; but it expects much more 

 from you, my dear son. Farewell, farewell, my 

 dear Linnaeus !' " 



