14 SCANDINAVIANS AND 
rian of the British Museum in 1765. Solander died in London 
the 13th of May, 1782. Together with Banks, he was a botanist 
on Captain F. Cook’s first voyage around the world in 1768—71. 
As a result of this journey the following scientific work was pub- 
lished by the trustees of the British Museum in 1900—’05: Ilus- 
trations of the Botany of Captain Cook’s first voyage around 
the world. Solander also helped Aiton in publishing: 
Hortus Kewensis, 1789. 
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 posts 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, 
Carl Peter Holbétl, who was born at Copenhagen the 31st 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 
— Arabis Holboellii of the mustard family, is named after 
im 
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 Si 
teen volumes, and was intended to figure every plant growing ™ 
the kingdom of Denmark and its possessions. It includes, there 
fore, Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Schleswig-Hol 
stein, and Oldenburg, which all at some time have belonged t0 
ook It was begun in 1764 by Oder, and was concluded 12 
