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principal botanical works are his " Dispositio Algarum Suecise," 

 Lund, 1810-12; "Algarum Decades i.-iv.", Lundse, 1812-15; 

 " Synopsis Algarum Scandinavise," Lundse, 1817 ; " Aphorismi 

 Botanici," Lundse, 1817-25 ; " Icones Algarum Ineditse," Lundse, 

 1820-22 ; " Species Algarum rite cognitse," Gryphise, 2 vols. 

 1823-28; "SystemaAlganmi," Lundae,1824; "Classes Plantarum," 

 Lundse, 1825 ; " Icones Algariun Europsearum," Leipzig, 1828-35, 

 and " Larobok i Botanik," Malmo, 2 vols. 1829-32, the last trans- 

 lated into German under the title of "Lehrbuch der Botanik," 

 Kopenhagen, 1831-32. Among the eminent men whom Sweden 

 has produced since the days of Linnseus, Bishop Agardh unques- 

 tionably takes a very high rank. In investigation he was labo- 

 rious and accurate, in his views of arrangement careful and clear- 

 sighted, in his speculations bold and frequently successful. His 

 writings on mathematics and political economy are not within our 

 sphere ; but they are spoken of by his countrymen as valuable and 

 instructive contributions to the sciences to which they relate. Of 

 his extensive acquirements, of the frankness of his manners, and 

 the kindliness of his disposition, there are many among us who 

 retain a vivid recollection. He married Charlotta Lindskog, the 

 daughter of a tradesman in Lund, and died at Carlstad on the 

 28th of January last, having just completed his 74th year, leaving 

 one son, Jacob Georg, who, following in the footsteps of his illus- 

 trious father, has earned for himself high distinction among the 

 cultivators of botanical science. 



Aim^ Bonpland, the companion and friend of Humboldt, was 

 born at Eochelle on the 22nd of August, 1773, and was educated 

 for the medical profession. In the spring of 1798, when Alexander 

 von Humboldt visited Paris, he found Bonpland, then one of the 

 most promising students of the Ecole de Medecine and of the 

 Jardin des Plantes, busily preparing, in company with Michaux, 

 to take part under Captain Baudin in a Yoyage of Discovery to 

 South America. AVith this enterprise he eagerly associated him- 

 self, and soon became warmly and intimately attached to the 

 companions of his intended voyage, and especially to Bonpland. 

 The expedition, however, being set aside for want of funds, the two 

 friends, after a fruitless attempt to join the corps of French savans 

 then assembled in Egypt, determined to pass the winter together 

 in Spain, and in January 1799 proceeded to Madrid. Here, through 

 the intervention of the Saxon minister, they were introduced to 

 the king, by whose orders every possible facilitj^ was afforded them 

 for prosecuting that extensive journey through the Spanish domi- 



