dainnenus Maming the Hlowers,

 

“The Swedish sage admires, in yonder bowers,
His winged insects and his rosy flowers;
Calls from their savage haunts the woodland train
With sounding horn, and counts them on the plain:
So once, at Heaven’s command, the wanderers came
To Eden’s shade, and heard their various name.’’—CAMPBELL.

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T is pleasant to trace the steps of a genius
like Linneus going over completely new
ground in the wide field of natural his-
tory ; classing and naming birds, insects,

and flowers, oftentimes according toa system which

his own ingenuity and penetration had devised to
supply the deficiencies of former naturalists. An
active examination of the minuter parts of the
object under his consideration frequently enabled
him to arrive at a juster conclusion as to the order
or genus to which it belonged than others who had
preceded him ; and sometimes, after having with
indefatigable industry ascertained these points, he
indulged himself in combining with his new dis-
covery associations of friendship or of historical or
classical allusion. After this fashion he honoured