Chapter 1
The boy who talked to flowers
Chapter 2
The system of sexual secrets
Chapter 3
Two names to rule them all
Chapter 4
Apostles of the green world
YOUR GOAL
Master of How Carl von Linne sorted the world
Ch 1 · The boy who talked to flowers
galleta Young Linnaeus and the Flowers
Cried for a bloom / Learned all their names / Two words for life
galleta In Sweden, young Carl von Linné faced a world of infinite botanical names before becoming the father of
galleta Dissected flowers, shells, and insects cover aged parchment with elegant Latin labels
BETA
galleta Sort species into their correct groups to discover how Linnaeus classified the natural world.
Fun Fact
Linnaeus's childhood nickname: Young Carl was so obsessed with plants that his schoolteachers called him the 'little botanist' and thought he was unfit for priesthood.
Glossary
botany (noun)
The branch of biology that deals with the study of plants. Young Carl Linnaeus developed his lifelong passion for botany in his father’s garden in Stenbrohult, Sweden.
The branch of biology that deals with the study of plants. Young Carl Linnaeus developed his lifelong passion for botany in his father’s garden in Stenbrohult, Sweden.
galleta Funded by an Uppsala grant, Linnaeus spent six months traveling Lapland by foot and horse to study plants
galleta Carl Linnaeus discovered his passion for plants during his childhood in Rashult.