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for Surimm, where he fell six months after a viftim to the climate, and 

 a worthless and bad treatment. Greatly moved at the loss of a friend, 

 v^'ith whom he had spent many an agreeable hour, of whose happiness, 

 diligence and friendship he had such high expeftations, and from whorn 

 he hoped to receive so many curiosities and discoveries from that part 

 of the world, Linn/eus resolved to render his memory immortal, by 

 giving to a plant the appellation of Bartsia, aher the deceased sown name. 



LiNN^us left Hartecamp to go with Cliffort to Amsterdam on 

 private business, and thence, at the end of OBober, to Leyden. Here, 

 he visited among others, his friend professor Van Roven. Eoer- 

 HAAVE had also been Van Royen's patron, and resigned many years 

 before, the professorship of botany in his favour. Van Royen had 

 for many years been welcome in Boerhaave's family; but love at last 

 broke and destroyed all those friendly connexions. He made proposals 

 of matrimony to Miss Boerhaave the sole heiress of the great man of 

 that name, and beyond doubt, the greatest fortune then at Leyden; but 

 his offer w^as rejefted. He now became quite embittered against Boer- 

 haave and his family. The botanical garden at Leyden had long before 

 been arranged and described agreeable to Boerhaave's own method *. 

 Van Roven did afterwards every thing he could do against him and 

 his memory, and resolved to regulate the academical garden by the Lin. 

 N.EAN system. 



While he was occupied with this projecl:, Linn^us waited on him. 

 Van Royen offered him board and lodging free, and an annual salary 

 of 800 florins, if he would stay and assist him in the performance o 

 his plan. " Fain would 1 stay with you," replied Linn.eus, " but I do 



* Indices Stirpium Horti Acadejnici Lugduno— Batavi, Lugd, Bat. i7ioand s-jzc, qiiartOe 



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