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28 The Floral King.
the University; and the old man soon perceived
that this student was endowed with more than
common abilities. He was pleased to hear that
he devoted himself to the study of botany,
which was also the old man’s favourite theme,
and which likewise had caused him to visit the
Botanical Garden when but just now he had
returned home to Upsala, after a whole year’s.
absence in the capital. This kind man, who
was the venerable dean, Olof Celcius, Senior,
requested Linnaeus to accompany him home, and
when Linngeus had fetched and shown him his
fine herbarium, and he had learnt more about
him, he gave the poor, struggling botanist a
room in his own house, with free invitation
for Linnzus to take all his meals at the dean’s
own table; and he also allowed him free access
to his library, and told him to assist him in
making a catalogue of the plants growing in and
around Upsala. He also promised Linnzus that
he should be allowed to accompany him on his
journeys. In one word, Linnzus was saved to
science, saved through the instrumentality of an
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