144 SOME OF WORLD'S BOTANISTS. 



having been a manufacturer of watch-springs. Owing 

 to delicate health, his mother desired that he should 

 become a minister of the gospel. He attended the 

 Academy of Neufchatel, where he became the intimate 

 companion and fellow-student of Guyot. 



The King of Prussia engaged his services in the 

 exploration of the peat bogs of Northern Europe, and 

 his education in the study of botany, geology, etc., 

 was greatly assisted. Of paleobotany, in which he 

 was subsequently to become an active worker and ex- 

 plorer, he here acquired his earliest knowledge. 



In 1848 he came to America, going first to Boston, 

 where he was a member of the household of Agassiz, 

 working on the botanical part of Agassiz 's "Journey 

 to Lake Superior. ' ' At the invitation of W. S. SuUi- 

 vant he came to Columbus in the winter of that year, 

 and continued his studies of mosses, making a tour 

 of the mountains of the Southern States. "Musci 

 Americani Bxsiccati, " by W. S. SuUivant and L. Les- 

 quereux, one of the most valuable contributions to 

 bryology, was the fruit of this labor. 



Lesquerella, Bladder-Pod. 



LiNDLEY, John. Bom at Catton, near Norwich, 

 February 5, 1799 ; died November 1, 1865. A noted 

 English botanist, author of "Synopsis of the British 

 Flora," etc.; editor of the "Botanical Register," of 

 the "Gardeners' Chronicle," etc. 



LiNN^us, Cabolus (Carl von Linne). Born near 

 Stenbrohult in the Province of Smaland, Sweden, 

 May 24, 1707; died in Upsal, January 10, 1778. He 

 inherited his love of flowers from his father, who was 



