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elthamensis ”; also all the living plants which Linnaeus 
wished to have for Clifford’s garden. 
He wanted also to have some plants from the 
Chelsea garden, so on his return to London, he again 
paid a visit to Miller. The latter, however, kept 
away, and it was not till the evening that Linnaeus met 
with him. He was then in a good temper and willingly 
agreed to give him plants. It was therefore with great 
satisfaction that Linnaeus prepared for his return to 
Holland. Others in England he records having met, 
were G. D. Ehret, Professor John Martyn, and Peter 
Collinson. Sir J. E. Smith mentions as a tradition 
that Linnaeus was so enchanted with the gorse in full 
flower on Putney Heath, that he flung himself on his 
knees before it, but as the gorse is a spring flowering 
plant, and Linnaeus was only in England in late 
summer, the tradition is unfounded. Gorse, Ulex 
europceus , is unable to stand the Swedish winter, and 
already on p. 135 has been mentioned his record of 
noting it near Hamburg. 
Now came a time of strenuous labour, for it was 
necessary to begin that work which more than any other 
should preserve the remembrance of his activity at 
Hartecamp and Clifford’s generous love for botany. 
So “ Hortus Cliffortianus ” was attacked as Clifford 
ardently desired, for he knew that Linnaeus would stay 
to finish it, and guessed that otherwise he would soon 
go back to Sweden. For its beautiful appearance 
Clifford spared no expense, Linnaeus on his part dis¬ 
playing a marvellous power of work. Almost alone he 
wrote this sumptuous volume, correcting the press 
himself, all within nine months, which might have taken 
others years to do. This was not all, for realizing that 
when it came out, many would wonder at the new 
names employed, he applied himself in the evenings, 
when tired of the “ Hortus,” to writing and publishing 
his “ Critica botanica.” He lamented that he could 
not devote as much care to its latinity as he wished, as 
he had been persuaded by Boerhaave to issue it 
