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200 The Floral King.
Gustavus III., himself a man of great genius,
vastly admired Linnzus, and while yet Crown
Prince of Sweden, he paid a visit to Linnzus’
museum at Hammarby, and when he had become
King he once came to Upsala on purpose, solely to
see Linnzeus.
In 1776, a great sensation was caused at the
University of Upsala, because from Stockholm came
the news that the Faculty of Medicine would be
deprived of the right of promoting candidates to
Doctors of Medicine, that this honour would instead
be conferred upon the Committee of Medicine in the
Capital. To ward off such an humiliating blow
from the University, it was thought expedient that
the venerated Linnzus himself should repair to the
young Monarch, and plead the cause of the Faculty.
Linnzeus was, at this time, suffering from illness, and
in a very weak condition, so that he could not under- .
take the journey without considerable difficulty, but
still, he would not refuse to go. He did not hesitate
to sacrifice himself for the sake of the beloved
University, and he left Upsala in the company of
Professor Sidrén for Drottningholm, the country
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