MEMOIR OP LINNiEUS. 
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this lie frowned and grew impatient. I was 
anxious to get from him specimens for the Hortus 
Cliff ortianm ; but when I went to his house, I 
found he had gone to London. When he came 
home in the evening he was in better humour, and 
promised to give me whatever specimens 1 might 
desire. He kept his word; and I set out for 
Oxford, having proved myself a tolerably good 
purveyor for Clifford.” 
At Oxford, Linnmus formed an acquaintance 
with several distinguished Naturalists; amongst 
whom was Dr. Shaw, the learned author of Travels 
in the Levant, who treated him with great kind- 
ness. Dillenius at first gave him but a cold 
reception ; as he was persuaded that the young 
Swede was a dangerous innovator, and had -written 
his Genera for the purpose of upsetting the esta- 
blished doctrines of botanical science. 
“ When I presented myself (continues he) to 
Dillenius, I found him with Sherard, to whom 
he remarked, — ‘ Here is the man who confounds 
all botany.’ I pretended not to understand what 
he said. We then strolled for a short while toge- 
ther in the garden, where I found, for the first 
time, the Antirrhinum minus. I asked him its 
name. ‘ How ! (exclaimed he), don’t you know 
that plant !’ — ! No (I answered) ; but give me a 
single flower, and I can soon tell you.’ — ‘ There 
(said he), take one ;’ which I did, and instantly 
saw to what genus it ought to belong. 
