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the honours usually bestowed on fortunate cultiva- 

 tors of science, and finally succeeded the younger 

 Linnaeus. 



Besides these celebrated individuals, who ex- 

 plored the most remote regions of the globe, many 

 of the students trained in the garden and lecture- 

 rooms of Upsal traversed various parts of Europe. 

 Koehler visited Italy ; Alstroemer the same coun- 

 try, as well as France and Spain; Von Troil 

 made a voyage to Iceland ; Fabricius travelled in 

 Norway, England, and France ; and Solander exa- 

 mined the Lapland Alps. In short, an astonishing 

 impulse was given to the study of natural history 

 in general, and of botany in particular. Facts and 

 observations were accumulated to such a degree, 

 that had Linnaeus lived ten years longer he would 

 have been utterly unable to continue the legislator 

 of the science in all its departments. 



To him, however, remains the glory of having been 

 the only individual who described all the minerals, 

 plants, and animals, known in his time. Before 

 him no one had attempted the task. 



