48 REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES. 
country, which by the concurrence of auspicious circumstances be- 
came the abode of his fame, and the theatre of his primary greatness. 
But before we can follow him on his journey, and in the career of his 
reform, it is necessary for the sake of a better view, to promise an his- 
torical episode, or a concise history of the fete and state of the science 
of botany at that time — a science which has since been entirely changed 
by his discoveries. 
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