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The Floral King. 43
Put your trust in Him! My prayers to God shall
follow you.”
Friday, 12th May (old style), 1732, Linnzeus set
out on his journey to Lapland. The interesting
diary of this his journey was translated into
English and published in London, 1811, by J. E.
Smith, the President of the Linnzan Society.
Linnezus wrote thus of the exact time of his
starting. ‘At eleven o’clock, being at that time
within half-a-day of twenty-five years of age. At
this season Nature wore her most cheerful and
delightful aspect, and Flora celebrated her nuptials
with Phoebus.” It is throughout a very aid
__ description; however, as we have an opportunity
of presenting another version, not before published
in English, taken down by Professor Roberg in his
own quaint, peculiar style, on Linnzus’s return to
Upsala, it may have an additional charm of novelty
even in the eyes of Linnzean students.
“1732, the roth (more correct the 12th), May,
I rode on horseback with a gun on my shoulder
and extra-shod, from Upsala, with Societatis lit de
recommendation en general, besides Consistorii to the
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