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nother on a large scale. Daniel Solander was the student of Linnaeus and a lifelong friend of Joseph Banks. Step Four Postreading did Joseph Banks have to supply his own money to equip part of the expedition?How much did he pay? Because botany was a new field of science, the government would not pay for it. He paid about 10,000 pounds. did scientists classify plants before Linnaeus?How did Linnaeus do this? Some scientists classified plants into herbs and trees, or according to the shape of the plant, or whether they had flowers or not. Linnaeus grouped plants in families. In his system the identification of different species was based on the arrangement of the male and female ans in the flowers. was Carl Linnaeus important to the history of botany as a science? Because his work was a breakthrough in idea of grouping plants in families was unique .Before him other scientists tried to give each species two names, but names were not truly fixed and accepted. ?Language points ?in reading Usage of some words and phrases: attempt to do He made no attempt to take a medical degree. We failed in our attempt to climb the mountain. …into… Children in school are classified into grades. Eggs are classified according to size. People who work in libraries spend a lot of time classifying books. We can group animals into several types. Gr