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LINNAEUS IN HOLLAND. 
enterprises are so frequently decided, may be with great propriety ap- 
plied here to Linn.® us. 
Nel cammin di nostra vita, 
“ Senza i rai del ciel cortese 
« Si smarrisce ogn’alma ardita, 
“ Trema il cor, vacilla ll pie. 
“ A compir le belle imprese 
« L’arte giova, il senno ha parte ; 
{! Ma vaneggia il senno e l’arte 
« Quando Amico il ciel non e. 
Linnaeus set off from ley** to AmUrim, there to embark for 
his country. Boeehaave had given him a letter of recommendatton 
to his pupil John then Professor of Botany in the capita 
of Holland. Bus»a»« was then occupied incompletmg a descnpuon 
of plants of the island of C,ylo%. On account of Boeehaave s re- 
commendation, Linnaeus met with a friendly recept.on; but he hap- 
pened to surprise his new patron, just at a ..me when he was over- 
whelmed with occupation, and the latter begged, there ore, L™ 
,o come to see him once more before his departure, and to excuse h 
asked 
I took one dower, examined it, and 
a ° din s* - f | av ii No, no,” replied Burmann. 
observed that it was a species of bay. ’ ’ P 
--edi. is ; “ -nr “ "• “ 
tree, i "’ “ ^”” b ._ Here I interrupted, and convinced him thatu 
MANN,“ but as to U y belonged 
