132 PANEGYRISTS OF LINNAEUS. 



ledge and erudition, not only in all the different branches of physic, 

 " but also in botany. 



" Witness my name, &c. Sec. 



HERMANN BOERHAAVE, 

 In a Letter to Linn^us, dated January 13, 1737. 



" The sight of your work (the Genera Plantarum) excites adnaira- 

 " tion, and exhibits a performance of infinite diligence, extraordinary 

 " industry, and incomparable knowledge. I cannot sufficiently praise 

 « its utility. Whole ages will extol its worth, the good will imitate it, and 

 " all men -will use it with advantage. — Your botanical works bid dc- 

 " fiance to mortality and to all Aristarchuses." 



VAN ROY EN, 



In his Preface to the Flora Ley densis, page 16: 



" The fifth system in botany has been produced according to the 

 " sexes of the plants, from the stamina and pistilla, by Charles Lin- 

 « N.EU S, the prince of all the botanists of his age. Superior to all, he 

 " reformed the whole of botany, diffused fresh light over all its parts, 

 " and purged it of its impurities. Never has that science appeared 

 " in such a beautiful and transcendent lustre as at present." 



Letter of recommendation written by Van Royen to M. de Jussieu, 

 'jth May, 1738, when L i N n u s set out for Paris. 



« Behold Charles Linnaeus, the prince of botany, if ever one 

 " existed. Who does not know him yet, may know him by experience. 

 « This excellent man, so distinguished, so well versed in all parts of 



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