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14 The Floral King.
ardent desire to acquire knowledge. Our young,
hero endured rough usage at the hands of the
teachers, for he felt no interest in any subject
except botany and natural history, subjects which:
were lamentably neglected at this collegiate school.’
Carl was pronounced a dunce, but when the short,
Swedish summer came round on its annual visit to
Mother Earth, young Linnzus received new life, and.
he scoured hills and vales in pursuit of his favourite;
study, at nature’s own breast, and during thei
summer vacations he explored the whole long ling
of forty English miles between Wexi6 and his rural
home, and stored his herbarium with hundreds of
rare plants. Thus passed eight years, when hig
father, during one of the terms, journeyed to Wexid
to consult with the teachers respecting his son’s
future career. The unanimous verdict of the
learned fraternity was, that young Carl Linnzus
had neither ability nor aptitude for learning, and
they one and all freely advised the father to expend,
no more money in keeping him at school, but to
put him to some trade at once, as a joiner or
tailor. The poor pastor was deeply grieved, for
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