lists of piants and collections, and partly on his own collections 

 and investigations. He also gave the first oecological descrip- 

 tion of the vegetation, hesides a comparison of the Færoese flora 

 with those of the nearest adjacent lands. The number of phan- 

 erogams was now brought up to 309 and that of cryptogams to 612. 



In the following 25 years only a few stray contributions were 

 made, partly by residents in the istands, e. g. Muller, judge and 

 revenue officer (Thorshavn); Kissmejer, district-physician (Vestman- 

 havn); Patiirsson, agriculturist (Kirkebo), whose collection of algæ 

 vsras determined by N. Wille; and partly by visitors who spent a 

 shorter or longer time on the islands, e. g. A. Feddersen (Aug. 1886 

 at Klaksvig on Bordo); Dr. Keilhac, the German glacial -geologist 

 (1883); the Misses Copland and fijWey (1890); and H. C. Møller, medi- 

 cal student (1889). 



But in 1895 new investigations which had long been contem- 

 plated were carried into effect at the same time as the Danish 

 General StafT were visiting the islands for the purpose of surveying 

 and making charts. Those — in most cases specialists - — who 

 took part in these new investigations were the following: — F. Børge- 

 sen and H. Jonsson (algæ) ; Chr. Jensen (mosses) ; ,/. Hartz (lichens) ; 

 C. Ostenfeld (phanerogams); and Eug. Warming (biological investiga- 

 tions, oecology). The researches were carried on in the followdng 

 order: — 



1895. F. Borgesen from June 8th to July 21 st. 



1896. Chr. Jensen from May 7th to Aug. 15th and F. Borgesen 

 from May 7th to June 15th. 



1897. C. H. Ostenfeld, J. Hartz and Eug. Warming from July 15th, 

 the latter to Aug. 8th, the others to Sept. 4th; and H.Jonsson from 

 Oct. 26th to Dec. 9th. 



1898. F. Borgesen from April 4th to June 16th. 



1899. F. Borgesen from June 24th to July 16th. 



1900. F. Borgesen from June Ist to June 24th. 



All the islands were investigated, including the Nordreoer which 

 had previously been very little examined and were now explored 

 especially by Ostenfeld and Hartz. 



The investigations embraced all the different branches. With 

 regard to the marine algæ, F. Borgesen visited numerous stations 

 along the coasts and in 1899 and 1900 he dredged the deep seas 

 from a cruiser stationed there for the protection of the fisheries. 



Besides the contributions to the flora brought home in these 



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