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The Floral King. 83
could not be persuaded to remain. Boerhaave then
gave him a letter of introduction to Burmannus,
who was Professor of Botany in Amsterdam.
When Linnzus came to Burmannus, he found
him intent upon arranging a collection of natural
objects, which had just arrived from Ceylon, and he
stood perplexed how to decide to which species and
order belonged a tree of which he now, for the first
time, saw the leaves and blossoms. Reading in the
letter from Boerhaave, that the deep insight of
Linnzus could not be sufficiently extolled, he did
not give himself time to greet him before he first
eagerly put the difficult questions regarding the
strange tree, and Linnzus gave him, there and
then, a highly satisfactory definition. Burmannus
received him as his honoured guest for the time he
choose to remain in Amsterdam, which Linnzus
gladly accepted, and this procured him admission to
the garden for the cultivation of medicinal herbs.
He opened his collections for him and told him of his
own experiences, and introduced him into the best
and most learned society, which procured Linnzeus
many patrons. Linnzeus assisted Burmannus with
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