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102 The Floral King.
He left Holland for Paris in the beginning of
May, 1738, preceded by the fame of the books he
had already published, which had attracted the
attention of the learned world in Paris as elsewhere.
He was therefore exceedingly well received and
hospitably entertained by many of the great
scientific men, who also afforded him the oppor-
tunity of viewing several fine herbariums and other
collections, and in whose company he made
excursions in the vicinity of Paris to see the growing
flowers, native to the soil.
On paying a visit to the Parisian ‘ Royal
Academy of Science,”’ he was elected a correspond-
ing member, and the President of the Academy
asked him if he would become a Frenchman, if they
were to nominate him Membrum with a yearly
pension. Linnzus refused the proffered honour and
its emoluments, for love—the all-potent magnet
attracted him to the north.
He was even called to the court of Louis XV.
to explain to the king his sexual system, and of
this occurrence has been preserved a_ peculiar
memento in an exquisite little picture, ornamenting
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