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and their utility in medicine or in hus- 
■ bandry. : '** & & 
At the solicitation of a scientific 
friend,bo gave to one of the Laponiaa 
plants his own name ; calling it the 
Lmnrna Borealis,; A sprig of this ele¬ 
gant little flower,, was ^introduced as a 
decoration in hris coat-of-arins, p^hen, 
in aftertimes, his talents and industn 
had been rewarded with riches and 
honours, fn his crest, it surmounted 
the helmet*; the branches fragging 
gracefully over it. But these times 
-were' not yet come. 
While at Hartecsfrnp, he published 
a splendid work, entitled, Hortus CHf- 
fortonianm; being a description of 
CliffmtVgardeif* w ith 4ne"engfmrings 
| of the rarest plants. 
At the expiration of tihe year 1737* 
he could no longer be induced to think 
of delaying his return to his native 
country and his betrothed bride,'by any 
