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which do not grow spontaneously in Sweden, he 
has expressed in the strongest terms. He speaks 
particularly of their hedge-rows of hawthorn in 
flower, of which he could not see enough to satisfy 
his admiration. It will be more interesting, how- 
ever, to let him relate his own account of his adven- 
tures in England, especially at Oxford, as given in 
a short extract from his journal. 
“ After having passed about a year in Holland, 
I felt a strong inclination to visit England. I 
spoke of it to Clifford, who at once gave his con- 
sent. Thinking it possible to make the voyage in 
one day, and to return in the same time, I pro- 
mised him that I should not remain absent more 
than a week ; hut I afterwards found that it re- 
quired the whole of that time to make the passage 
between Rotterdam and London. Immediately on 
my arrival, I went to pay my respects to Philip 
Miller, who had been one principal cause of my 
visit ; he showed me the garden at Chelsea, and 
named to me several plants according to the nomen- 
clature then in use. For instance, the Symphytum 
comolida major , Jlore luteo. I said nothing ; hut 
next day he remarked to me, ‘ That fellow Clifford 
is no botanist, he does not know a single plant.’ 
And as he kept repeating the same names, I took 
the opportunity of observing, — ‘ Don’t you call 
this plant so and so, and this so and so ? We have 
a much better and a far shorter way of naming 
them ; they ought to he called so and so.’ Upon 
