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LINNAEUS 
was laid before the King a memorial, begging that 
his successor should enter upon his duties, but he 
wished to continue inspection of the botanic garden, 
and so far as his strength permitted, to take part in 
the Consistory and the Medical Faculty. To this 
appeal was added another request. Through the 
death of Rosen von Rosenstein, the position of an 
emeritus professor had become vacant. Linne asked 
for this position and salary in place of the ordinary 
professor’s, and the other emoluments he had hither¬ 
to enjoyed. He ventured to hope for a gracious 
reception of this request, which was not unusual in 
other countries, and had been granted to a few 
Swedes, among whom might be named N. Rosen von 
Rosenstein, “ who, besides his salary as Archiater, was 
granted that of an emeritus professor.” 
The answer was given in a letter from the King 
to the Chancellor, that he was unwilling that so dis¬ 
tinguished a professor should lay aside any part of 
his functions; and he wished that Linne should 
receive the vacant position of emeritus professor, 
and that the Consistory should consider how far his 
income could be increased, without prejudice to the 
University. 
Linne thus had obtained only part of his request, 
but that in so flattering a manner, that he felt himself 
obliged to follow His Majesty’s wishes with thank¬ 
fulness. In a letter to the Chancellor, he therefore 
recalled his resignation, and a copy was sent to the 
King. 
The Consistory at once took steps to augment 
Linne’s privileges, and recalling that the University’s 
farm “ Hubby ” in the parish of Danmark, was close 
to the Archiater’s country seat of Hammarby, thought 
it would be a great convenience for him to possess 
it. For this reason the Consistory resolved that the 
Archiater should have the right of possession, with 
the stipulation that the same rent as before should 
be paid. Linne accepted the proposal with thanks 
