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LINNAEUS 
no change in Linnaeus’s position as a teacher. During 
the spring term of 1731, the former confined himself 
to instruction in anatomy, upon which subject he, as 
no other practical man was at Uppsala called upon, 
was much occupied. It is more than likely that he, 
in conformity with his duty, offered himself, or 
expressed a wish, in 1731, to hold each spring term 
botanic demonstrations, but the fact is, that the 
botanic instruction in 1731 was carried out by 
Linnaeus. Presumably this was arranged by Rudbeck 
before Rosen’s return from abroad. 
That year as it happened, since Linnaeus for the 
first time fulfilled his commission, a great change in 
his affairs had taken place. In the botanic garden, 
which he had rearranged according to his own system, 
and had enriched by importing rare plants from other 
gardens and the country, he was no longer a promis¬ 
ing youth, but a practical scientific man, full of new 
ideas, and eager to put forth the same to numerous and 
inquisitive hearers. The exhibition, during a part of 
the season of blooming plants and reports of their 
properties, was no longer sufficient. Even the 
demonstrations themselves had to be conducted in a 
different and more scientific and comprehensive way 
from his well thought-out “Schema,” which he followed 
in demonstrations of plants in the botanic garden. 
In connection with this came the introduction of what 
had never hitherto been taught at Uppsala, namely, 
his botanic theory, which he, later on, enlarged and 
reconstructed, publishing it in 1751 as “ Philosophia 
Botanica.” When on the 3rd May he began his 
lectures, he declared that he proposed to explain his 
theory on two days in each week, and on two other 
days to give demonstrations on the garden plants. It 
cannot be gainsaid that though this was an innovation 
in botanic instruction there was little or no opposition, 
and therefore Uppsala University must be congratu¬ 
lated on possessing the service of such a teacher in 
botany. But would it have benefited him had he 
