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what he knew of plants of the Old World. " Codex Linnaeanus," 

 which enumerates all plants named by Linnaeus, contains not 

 fewer than 8,551 species. 



Linnaeus died January 10, 1778, honored and esteemed by all. 

 Some of his work will doubtless live as long as Botany is studied 



which Gronovius dedicated to the Father of Botany, the twin- 

 flower of our woods, with its exquisite perfume and its dainty pink 

 flowers, belongs to a genus essentially North American. The 

 genus Lmnaea contains four forms, all closely related. One of 

 these, the original Linnaea borealis, is confined to the mountain 

 regions of northern and central Europe. Linnaeus discovered it 

 on his Lapland journey and it was then considered a very rare 

 plant. Now it seems to be more widely distributed than it was 



