14 SCA^rDINA\^ANS AND 



rianofthe British Museum in 17<5.5. Solander died in London 

 the 13th of May, 1782. Together with Banks, he was a liotanist 

 on Captain F. Code's first voyage around the world in 176'~! — "71. 

 As a result of this journey the following scientific work was ]3ub- 

 lished by the trustees of the British ^luseum in 1900 — '0.5: Illus- 

 trations of the Botany- of Captain Cook's flr.st voyage around 



the world. Solander also helped Alton in publishing: . 

 Hortus Kewensis, 1TS9. 



In this Solander has contributed the descriptions of many 

 new plants from America as well as elsewhere. Six of the new 

 genera published in Swartz's "West Indian flora are really from 

 Solander's hand, as Swartz found the descriptions as well as the 

 names in Solander's manuscript in the Banksian herbarium. 



B. Greenland and Arctic America. 



Many of the men in charge of the Danish trading po.sts in 

 Greenland, established at the instigation of Hans Egede, and 

 many of the sea captains engaged in the trade on Greenland or 

 whaling near its coasts, brought home botanical specimens. One 

 of the earlier and the most important of these was, 



Car/ Pe^er //"o/^o/if, who was born at Copenhagen the 31.st of 

 December, 1795. In 1821 he was appointed lieutenant in the ma- 

 rine, and some years later captain and governor of one of the 

 colonies in Greenland. After his return to Denmark, he sailed in 

 1856 to revisit Greenland, and neither he nor his vessel was ever 

 heard from. He was interested in both zoology and botany, and 

 published an article on the birds of Greenland. His collection of 

 plants is at the botanical museum at Copenhagen. At least one 

 plant, Arabis HolboeUii of the mustard family, is named after 

 him. 



The plants from the older of these collections, as well as those 

 made by Egede and his son, were mostly described in the splendid 

 work that bears the name Flora Danica. It is a large folio in six- 

 teen volumes, and was intended to figure every plant growing in 

 the kingdom of Denmark and its possessions. It includes, there- 

 fore, Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Schleswlg-Hol- 

 stein, and Oldenburg, which all at some time have belonged to 

 Denmark. It was begun in 1764 by Oder, and was concluded in 

 1871. . 



