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contained more than 400 fpecies, many of them rare and 
of foieign growth. 
It was the natural wilh of his parents that their Ton 
fltould be brought up to the minillry ; for which purpofe 
he was, till the age of ten years, inflrufted by his father 
in the neceffary elementary books, and in the rudiments 
of the latin language. During this period his favoiite 
occupation was- eagerly purfiied, and his regard for u 
ftrengtheped by encouragetnent from his father, who in 
his eighth year allotted him a feparate piece of ground, 
which was denominated Charle’s garden. Into this fpot 
he colleaed not only fuch plants as were around him, 
but whatever native fpecies he pould procure by his ex- 
curfions in the neighbourhood ; forming at this early- 
period of his life a real botanical garden in miniature. 
At the age of ten years he was fen? to the latir, 
fchool in the town of Wexicoe. The reaor of this 
fchool, Lansrius, was himfelf a lover of botany, and 
probably relaxed fomewhat of the rigour of difeipline 
towards a pupil whofe extraordinary paifion for a fa- 
vourite ftudy of his own he muft have regarded wiih 
complacency, and which he muft at lead have confidered 
as innocent, in this place he remained feven years, and 
was then removed to the upper college at vVexicoe. 
Here it was foon perceived that his purfuits had been all 
abforbed in his cagernefs after flowers and infeas, and 
that the ftudies neceflTary to qualify him for a clerical 
avocation had been irremediably negleaed: and after 
