28 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ Feb. 
still holds good with nine species of Asiatic plants, and which 
furthermore has given name to the natural order Dilleniacez. 
Linneus received word that the celebrated Prof. Haller, at 
Gottingen, contemplated writing against his new method. De- 
precating this he wrote to Haller the noblest protest that ever 
man made; from it we may make many valuable extracts. He 
said: 
troversy with you; my wish is rather to act in conjunction with you; I should 
de 
nd o e injurious 
nsequence? Time is too precious, and can be far better employed by me, 
as well a) young to take up arms; wl once taken, can 
method ; on the contrary, in my Systema, I have said: “No natural botanical 
s yet been constructed, though one or two may be more so than 
have been invented. Probably I may, on a future o 
ents of such a one. Meanwhile, till that is discovered, artificial systems are 
indispensable.” 
Haller’s reply was cordial and removed all cause for anxiety 
He pronounced the report to be false; it had not entered his 
mind to disturb a young man of so much merit in the science of 
botany, in the commencement of his fame and fortune. 
Linneus was delighted and very grateful. “I rejoice with 
all my heart,” he wrote, “that the rumor was unfounded, for in- 
deed you and Dillenius are the only people I would not wish to 
have for adversaries.” The life-long correspondence between 
these two great men is exceedingly interesting. 
Before returning to his native country Linnzeus went to Paris 
and visited the Jussieus. Although “they would not stir a step 
from the method of Tournefort,’ yet they received him most 
hospitably and made him very welcome. They showed him their 
herbaria and that of Tournefort, and the large collection of books 
belonging to. Dr. Isnard. They made excursions to Fontain- 
bleau and Burgundy solely for the purpose of showing Linnzus 
of Sciences, and Du Fay proposed to Linneus to become a 
Frenchman, in which case the Academy would appoint him one 
of its members with an annual salary. His correspondence con- 
tinued with Bernard de Jussieu, who, though continually plan- 
