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The Floral King. 33
Prytz, several years Linnzus’ senior, had first
been tried, but was found deficient in learning,
and Linnzus had only been three years a student.
Some of the wise men shook their heads, but the
experiment was nevertheless ventured upon, and
crowned with unsurpassed success.
With what heartfelt delight he now frequently
lectured in the botanical garden to an auditory
of some 400 students may be imagined. The ©
eager listeners hung upon his words, for Carl
Linnzus endowed the old neglected science with
new life and interest through his vivid, lucid, and
eloquent language. His youthful hearers became
perfectly enthralled with the subject. Botany and
Natural History now absorbed all interest from
other branches of learning. Cicero’s and Demos-
thenes’s expounders were deserted to listen to him,
and to learn more about the wonders of God’s
created world; dry discourses by professors had
no longer any hold upon the eager students; the
other lecturing halls stood empty—young, ardent
genius carried the day.
Joy and delight glowed in every face of his
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