unscientific; and, confirmed in this 
opinion by every observation be made, 
he revolved in secret that new plan of 
botanical arrangement which was to 
displace the long-established system, 
and form an era in the science of 
natural history. “ Methigks” says a 
Swedish writer, « Limueus saw Flora 
m all her beauties, on a throne ; he 
saw her holding forth a wreath to 
crown his head. All nature in her 
magnificence bade him draw nearer ; 
but he saw the whole, as it were at 
an immense distance. He was oblig¬ 
ed to penetrate the labyrinth of Dmda- 
lus, to seek the thread which could 
guide him to the right path, through so 
many wanderings.” 
It was indeed a labyrinth he had to 
tread, both as it regarded his outward 
affairs, and the difficulties and intricacies 
with which the errors of those who had 
