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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



He also published various papers in Arcliceologia. 



To the labours of J. Dryander (who succeeded Solander 

 as Banks's secretary and librarian, and who was on his death 

 succeded by Kobert Brown in 1810) is due the publication 

 of the catalogue of Banks's library. It is entitled " Cata- 

 logus Bibliothecse historico-naturalis Josephi Banks . . . 

 auctore Jono Dryander/' 5 vols. 8vo, 1798-1800. In it 

 are enumerated the works of upwards of 6000 authors, with 

 analyses of their writings, arranged according to the subjects 

 treated. This work has never been superseded. 



The name of Banks is commemorated botanically in the 

 Australian genus Banksia, so named in his honour by the 

 younger Linnaeus. 



DE. SOLANDEE 



This sketch cannot be concluded without some notice of 

 the career of Banks's first librarian, and companion during 

 Cook's voyage, Daniel Carl Solander. He was the son of 

 a country clergyman, and born in Norrland, Sweden, on the 

 28th February 1*736. He studied at the University of 

 Upsala, took the degree of M.D., and became a pupil of 

 Linnaeus, who recommended him to go to England. He 

 left Upsala in 1759, being warmly commended by his 

 botanical professor to the eminent naturalist John Ellis, 

 F.E.S., but was detained in the south of Sweden by sickness 

 for nearly a year, only reaching our shores in July 1760. 

 In the following October he was strongly recommended by 

 Peter Collinson, F.E.S., to the notice of the trustees of the 

 British Museum, but no permanent employment was the 

 result of this appeal. In the autumn of 1762 Linnaeus pro- 

 cured for him the offer of the botanical professorship at St. 

 Petersburg, but after consultation with his English friends, 

 Solander decided to decline the appointment, for "many 

 reasons," which are not given. The chief one seems to have 

 been that at this time he was engaged in classifying and 

 cataloguing in the British Museum, with prospect of advance- 

 ment. A few months later he was appointed assistant in 



