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The Floral King. ag
The early ravages of autumn had already begun,
and here and there lay a withered flower or a
broken stem, emblems of his own withered hopes
and broken career, and he slowly passed on as
one who dreamily walks past where his life’s
love lies crushed in hopeless death.
Amid the spoliation around he suddenly dis-
covered a new exotic flower that for the first
time was in bloom. With eager steps he ap-
proached it to admire and examine the rare floral
treasure, and to gather it for his: herbarium as
a memory of his parting visit, and he was in
the very act of cutting it off when a stern voice
from behind reached ‘him, peremptorily forbidding
him to touch the flower. He turned round and
saw an elderly clerical man, of venerable appear.
ance, who asked him by what right he presumed
to gather flowers in the . Botanical Garden
Linnzus excused himself that he had wished tc
take it with him as a memory of the place he
now was compelled to leave for ever. In the
course of conversation the inquirer learned wh«
Linneus was, and the sad cause of his leavin;
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