THE LINNAA BOREALIS. 1]

West Bothnia, and in almost all the great northern
forests ; but it may be easily overlooked, because
it grows only where the woods are thickest, and its
delicate twin-blossoms are almost hid among the
moss, and interwoven with ivy. Their smell resem-
bles that of the meadow-sweet, and is go strong
during the night as to discover the plant at a con-
siderable distance.

When he received his patent of nobility, Lin-
neeus adopted this floweret asa part of his crest—
the helmet which surmounts the arms of his family
being adorned with a sprig of Linnea. One of
those pupils who visited distant countries to add
to the collections of his great master, sent from
China a service of porcelain, manufactured pur-
posely for him, having a representation of thig
plant as its only decoration ; and the Cardinal de
Noailles erected a cenotaph in his garden to the
memory of the naturalist, and planted the Linnea
by its side as its most appropriate ornament. What
lover of flowers but will regard with interest this
little flower of the north, for the sake of him whose
name it bears ? *

For classical allusion and romantic feeling, a

more striking example cannot be given than the

* ‘The two-flowered Linnea was first discovered in this country
in a wood at Mearns, on the borders of Aberdeenshire, in 1795.
Tt has since been found in similar stations in the Highlands or
other borders.

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