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Haller and Gleditsch at Berlin^ L,udwig at Leipzic, Dr. Moehren 

 at Yeveni, Gesner at Stutgarth, Jussieu at Paris, Professor De 

 Sauvages at Montpellier, Dillenius at Oxford, Collinson, Mil- 

 ler and Catesby at London, Van Ro\en and Gronov at Leyden, 

 BuRMANN at Amsterdam, Gmelin and Ammann at Petersburgh, and 

 afterwards from many others. The embellishing and enriching of the 

 botanical garden at Upsal, was the favourite study of his life. His 

 anxious and tender care triumphed over the rigour and inclemency 

 of the frigid climate of Sweden. The plants which grow even in the 

 most southern country were now cultivated in the garden at Upsal, 

 v^hich presented treasures from every quarter of the globe *. 



Six years after the re-establishment of this garden, Linn^us in 1748 

 published its description. The number of the foreign species of plants 

 amounted to one thousand one hundred. His genius diffused itself like 

 the beams of the sun over the botanical world, and its beneficent influence 

 gave warmth and animation, especially in Sweden. Besides him there 

 was not a single eminent botanist in the whole kingdom. The leftures 

 had hitherto been rather a matter of form than of instruction, and were 

 not frequented. Linn.-eus came, and entirely changed the face of 

 aflairs. His genius charmed and formed others. Flora was now 

 more courted in Sweden than at any former period. Not only the 

 votaries of tEsculapius, but the students of other sciences be- 

 stowed now the utmost diligence and attention upon botany. The hall 

 in which Linn^us delivered his leftures overflowed with a crouded 

 audience. Through him the university of Upsal formed a new epoch. 



* Hortus Upsaliensis, exhibens plantas exoticas, Horto Upsaliensi academicae, a Carol. 

 LiNNiEO illatas ab anno 1742) in annum 1748, &c. Helm. i74S> oftavo, 3C6, &c. 



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