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198 The Floral King.
of hisown worth. Linnzus seemed often astonished
at the many honours conferred upon him, and no one
more freely acknowledged the merits in others, with
regard to the sciences as in every thing else. In one
place he says, “If Tabucius comes to me with an
insect, or Zaega with a moss, I doff my hat to them,
saying, ‘in these you are my teachers.’ ”
The summer vacations he generally passed at
Hammarby, whither he had removed the best
portions of his collections, and stored them in the
little house he called his Museo. His most beloved
disciples gathered here during the summer, and to
this rural temple of the High Priest of nature
pilgrims came from many lands, and all who had
been there spoke with the greatest enthusiasm about
Linnzus, for a heaven begotten sympathy seemed
to exist between the teacher, his surroundings, and
the creed of harmony and order which he taught. At
the peasant homesteads in the neighbourhood, lodged
the many disciples of Linnzus. Accessible to all who
sought him to acquire knowledge of Natural History,
he had a marvellous capacity, even when advanced
late in years, to find time for everything and everyone.
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