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84 The Floral King.
his work about the natural history of Ceylon, which
as ‘‘Thesarus Zeylanica,” was published in 1737 in
Amsterdam.
During this, in every respect, happy period,
Linnezus published several of the treatises he had
already written at home, and taken with him.
The winter of 1735, was thus passed with alternate
- work and great enjoyments, when one day, to
Linnzus’ great surprise, he received a visit from the
burgomaster of Amsterdam, a rich banker, George
Clifford. This gentleman had stored his large
garden at his country seat, Hartcamp, situated
between Leyden and Haarlem, with the most choice
exotic flowers from many climes, for which he had
excellent opportunity, being a director of the Dutch
East India Company. But his great collections
lacked the systematic order of science, this he felt
himself, and his friend Boerhaave had also given him
to understand that, and advised him to invite
Linnzus to arrange them according to his system.
For he said, ‘‘this Swedish doctor is the greatest
botanical genius we have.” Clifford came to invite
Linnzus and Burmannus to Hartcamp, thither they
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