94 
JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 
[VOL. II, 
This, together with the many papers on economic botany and agricult¬ 
ure bearing his name, testify to the esteem with which he was held in 
practical affairs. It was not many years, however, before he was pro¬ 
moted to the professorship of Botany at Upsala, the chair once held by 
Linuseus. 
In the botany of higher plants, he was a recognized authority till the 
last, and is the author, in this branch, of ten or twelve works of consid¬ 
erable extent, bearing a variety of titles. These include “Floras” of 
the whole or parts of Sweden. Ills papers and schemes embodying his 
theories of the principles of classification in ph3en<^gamic botany deserve 
a passing notice, as they contain suggestions original with him, and not 
only attracted attention when they were put forth, but have been util¬ 
ized, to a considerable extent, by several modern systematists. 
In lichenology, also, he was a \ery active worker during his younger 
days, but his writing in that field might be said to have culminated as 
long ago as 1831, when he published his Lichenographia EuropyEA 
REFORMATA, regarded for many years as a standard authority on the 
subject. He also issued fascicles of herbarium specimens of lichens, 
which are of the highest value. 
Finally, beside the larger works, some of which liavebeen mentioned, 
the Eoyal Society catalogue, Vol. Ill and Vol. VII, enumerate the 
titles of eighty-five lesser papers published by him down to 1873, covering 
the widest variety of topics in botanical science, and scattered through 
various periodical publications. This almost unparalleled activity con¬ 
tinued to the last. Dr. Lundstrom, of Upsala, says of him that, a week 
before his death, he completed an essay for a foreign periodical; and, 
even as his latest hours approached, he reviewed with unclouded mind 
and critical interest an English publication which had just come to 
hand, saying that “ England has more numerous and more remarkable 
D'lScomycMes than Sweden, but as regards Hymenomycetes, we take by far 
the lead.” Endowed with a vigorous constitution, fortunate in the men¬ 
tal atmosphere in which he was born and reared, fortunate in experienc¬ 
ing no painful delays in beginning his favorite study and no lack of ap¬ 
preciation in their continuance, he was happily free, in his latest hours, 
from the clouds which settled over the mind of his great predecessor at 
Upsala. The most interesting portrait of him extant is the last one taken, 
showing long, white locks escaping from beneath the scliolar’s cap ; and 
what a delightful, even handsome face had this octogenarian ! So well 
has enthusiasm and singleness of heart preserved the charming charac¬ 
teristics of youth in the keen eye, the kindly but resolute mouth, and the 
simplicity of character everywhere expressed, that it is not difficult to 
imagine the boy of twelve on the threshold of a career that was to be both 
happy and distinguished. This noble man, full of inspiring enthusiasm, 
is said to have always shown to the younger generation that kindness and 
encouragement which only the leaders in a science know how to give. 
Certainly there is much in his portraits that would promise support to 
such a claim. 
