> OP LlNNiEUS. 
be traced that passion for flowers which 
his later years exhibited. Before he 
had reached his second year, the cir¬ 
cumstances of his father were some¬ 
what improved by the gift of a more 
lucrative benefice. On removing to the 
new living, the good man was delight¬ 
ed to find an extensive garden attached 
to the ministerial residence. Although 
the addition to his income was not 
such as to render him a rich man, he 
was no longer compelled to cultivate 
his ground as a means of contributing 
towards the support of his family. He 
now luxuriated in the indulgence of his 
taste as a florist, and in a few years his 
garden became one of the finest in the 
distnct. He cultivated there upwards 
of lour hundred species of flowers, and 
many of these were rare exotics. In 
these simple pleasures the Swedish pas¬ 
tor sought recreation from the duties of 
his sacred office. As soon as his little 
