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98 The Floral King.
new nomenclature for the Science of Botany.
Formerly many unfit and extraneous combina-
tions had been used for the classifications and
names of flowers. Linnazeus could not suffer these.
His simple, beautiful system demanded clear and
correspondent expressions, and he coined new and
significant names at the same time as he ranged the
natural objects. His loving heart prompted him to
use these opportunities to render homage to men,
who before him had lived for science, by calling
remarkable flowers by their names. But it was
only after frequent importunities from Gronovius
that he could be prevailed upon calling the simple
little flower of the north after himself, Linnea
Borealis. It had formerly been known as Campanula
serpillifolia, and the only revenge which it is known
that Linnezus ever took upon his bitter adversaries
in foreign lands, was to call a poisonous plant by
the name of his most virulent vilifier. His inces-
sant labour, when his great intellectual faculties
were constantly in toil, and the many nights he
spent poring over books and manuscripts, instead
of sleeping, told sadly upon his health.
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