difference other than color. While it is undoubtedly true that many 
species vary in wide latitude as to color, I can not see why if two 
plants are entirely distinct as to color, and do not shade into each 
other, they are not good species. 
Fries is buried in the cemetery adjoining the University of 
Upsala. His grave is marked with a massive slab of granite and bears 
the simple words: 
Elias Fries, 
Fodd 1794, Dod 1878. 
Med maka och barn. 
FRIES’ DRAWINGS. 
Notwithstanding the frequent references in Monographia to 
plates of Agarics (“Nostra in Mus. Ac. Sc. Holm.”) Fries was no 
artist and did not himself leave any drawings on the subject. The 
plates referred to are preserved in the Botanical Museum of the Royal 
Academy of Science at Stockholm. They were made by artists 
employed for the purpose, and Fries “approbavit” them with 
his autograph signature. I know nothing of the subject myself, 
but I am told that, while many of the plates give a good idea of the 
species they are intended to represent, there are others which it is 
difficult to reconcile with the published works and some have evidently 
wrong names. The plates were made successively during a number 
of years so that some are of later and others of an earlier date. In 
the course of time Fries’ views as to some species probably changed 
with his increased knowledge. Besides, although Fries possessed an 
unusual capacity, it must have been impossible even for him to keep 
oil his species in fresh memory all the time. And sometimes the 
specimens, from which the drawings were made, did not perhaps ex¬ 
actly agree with the specimens he had in view when making the 
descriptions, but, for want of proper types, were yet admitted as 
representatives of the species in question. As a rule the plates are 
well done, but some of them seem to be exaggerated or crude and 
seem to fail in plasticity. There were several artists employed on 
the work and some were much better than others. The Royal Academy 
of Science at Stockholm supplied the funds for the purpose, which 
explains why the plates are to be found in that institution. Fries 
never lived at Stockholm except when he attended the sessions of the 
Swedish Parliament (‘ ‘Riksdag”) of which he was for a time a member.f 
THE MUSEUM AT UPSALA. 
The specimens in the museum at Upsala are in better condition 
than the specimens in any museum I have yet seen. Very carefully 
enclosed in envelopes they are attached to heavy sheets of paper, and 
each species is kept in a cover, alphabetically arranged. In addition 
to these there is a very large collection in glass jars where they are 
preserved without pressing. I was under many obligations to Dr. 
Oscar Juel, the courteous director of the museum, for full permission 
to work with the specimens. To me, of course, the chief interest lay 
fViz: in the years 1844-5 and 1847-8. 
