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The Floral King. 129
The residence allotted to Linnzeus, as Professor
of Botany, and which formerly had been inhabited
by Olof Rudbeck, adjoined the plantation. ‘It was
really an old owl’s nest,” says Linnzeus, but he soon
transformed it into a charming and comfortable
home, where, with his beloved Sara Lisa, he
passed many years of happiness, and where they
saw their children grow up, young saplings in their
domestic garden.
In 1749 Linnzeus was appointed Archiater, and in
1762 he was ennobled, when for his coat of arms
he chose three crowns on three different fields,
emblematic of the three Kingdoms of Nature which
he had systematically arranged. The helmet was
adorned with his favourite flower Linea Borealis, and
from that time he wrote himself von Linné. He
was also decorated with the “Star of the North,”
in those days a great distinction, and several
medals by the Academy of Science, and other
learned Societies, were struck in his honour. He
was made a member of no less than eighteen
Scientific Societies in the world.
Ferdinand VI. of Spain invited Linnzus to settle
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