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The Floral King. 123
with the fulness of heart; I have seen and found
the most evident proofs of this in respect to myself.
These magnates are the main springs of the whole
realm; what would it cost a whole kingdom to
appoint the assiduous Clerck to some advantageous
situation? It depends upon you, gentlemen, to
intercede with a few words to the magnates, and I
feel certain that many a one amongst them with
delight would become a Mecenas.
dixi
‘“* Upsala, 1765, the 3rd January,
“CARL yv. LINNE.”
To THE RoyAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, STOCKHOLM.
‘“ When I was in Paris I travelled with Professor
Jussien into Burgundy, far beyond Fontainebleau,
to see the extraordinary orchids, Ex. gr., orchis
mirscam veferens, orchis hiante arcullo, orchs fl.
conglomerats, albo, punctato, etc.
‘* The very first day I came to Oland, (a Swedish
Island in the Baltic,) I found all these grew wild in
the meadows, which I had written for to Spain, and
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