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" of phyfic, all of whom had been his pupils." The 

 King of Sweden^ after the death of Linn^us, or- 

 dered a medal to be flriick, of which " one fide 

 exhibits Linn^eus's buft and name, and the 

 other Cyhele^ in a dejedled attitude, holding in 

 *' her left hand a key, ahd furrounded with ani- 

 *^ mals and growing plants, with this legend— 

 Beam lu5lus angit amijfi beneath, — poft 



oUtum UpfalU, die x. Jan. M.DCC.LXXVIIL 

 *' Rege jubente,'*^^Tht fame generous monarch 

 not only honoured the Royal Academy of Sciences 

 with his prefence when Linn/eus's commemora- 

 tion was held at Stockholm^ but, as a ftill higher 

 tribute, in his fpeech from the throne to the 

 afTembly of the ftates, lamented Sweden^ lofs by 

 liis death. Nor was he honoured only in his 

 own country. The prefent learned and worthy 

 profeflbr of botany at Edinburgh^ not only pro- 

 nounced an eulogium in honour of Linn^us, 

 before his ftudents, at the opening of his 

 ledtures in the fpring of 1778, but laid alfo the 

 foundation-ftone of a monument to be raifed to his 

 memory; which, while it perpetuates the name 

 and merits of Linn^us, will do honour to the 

 founder, and, it may be hoped, prove the means 

 of raifing an emulation favourable to. that fcience 

 which this illuftrious Swede fo highly dignified and 

 improved. This monument confifts of a vafc, 

 fupported on a pedeftal, with this infcription, 



LiNN^ffio posu.T J. Hope. 



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