woods. The first season I spent in Sweden I learned a number of 

 determinations of agarics that were on the authority of Elias Fries, 

 through his son, Robert. He was always interested in mycology, but 

 was a practicing physician with a large practice, and found little time 

 to devote to the study of science. He was a frequent correspondent 

 of Mr. Romell at Stockholm, to-day the leading mycologist of Sweden. 

 For many years he was located at Goteborg, and published a list of 

 Hymenomycetes of that region. He died very recently (June, 1908). 



There are several grandsons of Elias Fries, young men who are 

 interested in botany, and who we hope will finally direct their atten- 

 tion to mycology, and preserve the prestige of the illustrious family 

 name. We are only acquainted with one of them. 



Robert E. Fries is a specialist in the phaenogamic botany of South 

 America, and has made extensive collections there in the field. At 

 present he is decent of botany and also assistant at the Botanical 

 Garden at Upsala. He has also made an exhaustive study of 

 the Myxomycetes, and has written papers on the Myxomycetes 

 of South America and Sweden. He is the son of Theodor M. 

 Fries. His study of the Myxomycetes began under the late Arthur 

 Lister at London, the acknowledged master of this interesting family. 

 I know very little of this subject myself, but I suspect Robert E. 

 Fries has as good a knowledge of the Myxomycetes as any man in 

 Europe to-day. He is a young man with a promising future before 

 him, and we look for great work from him. 



We will close with a botanical family tree of Elias Magnus Fries. 



ELIAS MAGNUS FRIES (=/->.) 



professor *i?94 



THEODOR MAGNUS FRIES (=7)4. Fr.') 



professor *i832 (lichenology) 



ELIAS PETRUS FRIES (=E. Fr.jr.} 



doctor philos. i834 11858 (niykology) 



OSCAR ROBERT FRIES (=A*. Fr.} 



doctor medic. *iS4o 11908 (niykology) 



Sons of ELIAS M. FRIES. 



KLAS ROBERT ELIAS FRIES (=/?. E. Fr.} 1 



botanices docens '1876 (Flora of South America) 



THORE CHRISTIAN ELIAS FRIES (=TA. Fr.jr.} | 



student *i886 (lichenology) 



ELIAS ARNE FRIES ) 



student i88 7 (mykologv) j S n f SCAR R ' FRIES ' 



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