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6 The Floral King.
the choicest flowers, cunningly arranged to represent
various dishes, and round this were grouped a
number of shrubs and small detached beds, disposed
to represent the guests come to join in the floral
feast, a quaint and altogether living group. The
father, who loved his little son dearly, was wont
to deck his cradle with pretty blossoms, and when
the little fellow cried—as young denizens will do—
the mother invariably quieted him by simply putting
a flower in his hand, for it exercised a perfect spell
over his infantine mind, and served to draw his
attention to the choicest plaything Heaven has
given a darling child.
The young couple removed the following year to
the neighbouring rectory of Stenbrohult, to which
living Nils Linnzus, on the demise of his father-
in-law, was appointed, and to which place he, with
few exceptions, succeeded in removing his choice
collection of flowers and shrubs into a newly
planned garden.
The little boy had been baptized “Carl,” and
when so far advanced that he could toddle by his
father’s side into the garden, he did so every day,
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