34 SCANDINAVIANS AND 



Henrik Johannes Krebs was born at Svendborg, Denmark, 

 June 8, 1821. He took his pharmaceutical examination in 1840, 

 aud went to St. Thomas in 1843. He made several journeys to 

 North, Central, and South America, to the Bermudas, Bahamas, 

 Cuba, St. Domingo, Porto Rico, St. John, and St. Croix. In 1853 

 he became Swedish-Norwegian consul, and from 1860 he was first 

 a member and then the speaker in the local legislature of the 

 Danish West-Indies. In 1870 he returned to Copenhagen. He 

 made considerble collections and published the following: 



Et Bidrag til St. Thomas' Flora, 1847. 



Catalogue of plants found on the island of St. Thomas, 18.52. 



Axel Theodor Goes was born at Rok, Ostergotland, Sweden, 

 the 3d of July 1835, served as government physician on St. 

 Bartholomew 1865—70 and died at Stockholm Aug. 20, 1897. 

 He made collections of West Indian plants. 



Vegetationen p& St. Bathelemy, skildrad i ett bref 1867. [Published by Th. M. 

 Fries.] 



Cart Conra.d Berg v<a,s, hovw in Copenhagen 1845. He was a 

 machine worker by trade, came to St. Thomas in 1864. In 1867 

 .he had charge of the dredging of the harbor at that place and in 

 1897 he became "Dock-master" for an English company. He 

 came in contact with Baron Eggers and learned the scientific 

 names from him. He has made an extensive collection of tropical 

 woods, especially those of St. Thomas and St. John. 



Frederik Michael Liebman (See Mexico, page 36). 

 Anders Sando Orsted (See Mexico and Central America). 



Baron Henrik Franz Alexander Eggers was born at the city of 

 Schleswig, the 4th of December, 1844. He partok in the war of 

 1864. After the end of this war, he entered the service of Austria, 

 followed Emperor Maximilian to Mexico, 1865 — 67, and was 

 taken prisoner. After his release, he traveled for some time in 

 Mexico. He went to St. Thomas in 1870 and entered the Danish 

 service as a lieutenant, was advanced to captain and pensioned 

 in 1885. He has lived in Copenhagen since 1887. 



He visited San Domingo in 1880, Porto Eico in 1881 and 

 1883; Tortola, St. Kitts, San Domingo, Hayti, Turks Islands in 

 1887; Hayti, Jamaica, Bahamas in 1888; Cuba in 1889; Tabago, 

 Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent and Barbados in 1889—90, Tab- 



