No. 183. 
LINNÆA BOREALIS. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
This interesting plant is a native of the 
Northern parts of Europe and Asia, in forests, 
creeping among moss, where it sometimes 
extends itself five or.six feet in length. It was 
named by Gronovius, in honour of the great 
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over 
Linneus. tl 
lived. He was born at Rashult, in Sweden, 
in 1707, and died in 1778, aged 71. 
His celebrated system, together with his 
invention of specific names, has formed a 
new æra in the science of Botany; all before 
which seems but little removed from one uni- 
versal chaos. We hope that the modern 
ever-changing notions of classification by 
natural orders will never supersede this ad- 
mirable system; lest chaos should comeagain, 
and confusion worse confused. 
Our plant is very easily cultivated, either 
in pots, or in a shady border, in peat earth. 
It multiplies itself very readily, putting forth 
roots in abundance at the joints, and flower- 
ing in May and June. In one of his works, 
