SIR JOSEPH BANKS xxxvii engraving of the statue, copies of which were distributed to various institutions and individuals. The monument now stands in the Natural History Department of the British Museum. Amongst public notices of Sir Joseph Banks after his death, the best known are Cuvier's Éloge delivered before the French Academy, and Sir Everard Home's Hunterian Oration. The lease of his house in Soho Square, and an annuity of £200, were left to Robert Brown, to whom were also bequeathed his library and natural history collections, with reversion to the British Museum. On condition of being appointed keeper of the botanical department, Brown made over the whole in 1828, reserving to himself the fullest use of the collections during his life, and accepting the duty of preparing a Life of Banks, as told in the preface to this "Journal." Considering the eminence of Banks's position in the scientific world, it is surprising to find how little he wrote. The following are the most important of his publications "A short Account of the cause of the Disease in Corn, called by farmers the Blight, the Mildew, and the Rust."-Nicholson, Journ. x. (1805), pp. 225-234; Tilloch, Phil. Mag. xxi. (1805), pp. 320-327; Ann. Bot. ii. (1806), pp. 51-61. Also as a separate publication, 1805, 8vo, 15 pp. 1 tab.; and reprinted in Curtis, Practical Observations on the British Grasses, 1824, pp. 151-166, t. 1. "An attempt to ascertain the time when the Potato (Solanum tuberosum) was first introduced into the United Kingdom; with some Account of the Hill Wheat of India" (1805).—Hortic. Soc. Trans. i. 1812, pp. 8-12. "Some Hints respecting the proper Mode of inuring tender Plants to our Climate," l.c. pp. 21-25. "On the Forcing-houses of the Romans, with a List of Fruits cultivated by them now in our Gardens," l.c. pp. 147-156. "On ripening the second Crop of Figs that grow on the new Shoots," l.c. pp. 252-254. "Notes relative to the first appearance of the Aphis lanigera, or the Apple Tree Insect, in this Country " (1812), l.c. ii. pp. 162-170. "Observations on the nature and formation of the Stone incrusting the Skeletons which have been found in the Island of Guadeloupe, with some account of the origin of those Skeletons" (1818).-Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. (1818), pp. 53-61. He also published various papers in Archæologia. To the labours of J. Dryander (who succeeded Solander as Banks's secretary and librarian, and who was on his death succeded by Robert Brown in 1810) is due the publication of the catalogue of Banks's library. It is entitled "Catalogus Bibliothecæ historico-naturalis Josephi Banks auctore Jono Dryander," 5 vols. 8vo, 1798-1800. In it are enumerated the works of upwards of 6000 authors, with analyses of their writings, arranged according to the subjects treated. This work has never been superseded. The name of Banks is commemorated botanically in the Australian genus Banksia, so named in his honour by the younger Linnæus. DR. SOLANDER This sketch cannot be concluded without some notice of the career of Banks's first librarian, and companion during Cook's voyage, Daniel Carl Solander. He was the son of a country clergyman, and born in Norrland, Sweden, on the 28th February 1736. He studied at the University of Upsala, took the degree of M.D., and became a pupil of Linnæus, who recommended him to go to England. He left Upsala in 1759, being warmly commended by his botanical professor to the eminent naturalist John Ellis, F.R.S., but was detained in the south of Sweden by sickness for nearly a year, only reaching our shores in July 1760. In the following October he was strongly recommended by Peter Collinson, F.R.S., to the notice of the trustees of the British Museum, but no permanent employment was the result of this appeal. In the autumn of 1762 Linnæus procured for him the offer of the botanical professorship at St. Petersburg, but after consultation with his English friends, Solander decided to decline the appointment, for "many reasons," which are not given. The chief one seems to have been that at this time he was engaged in classifying and cataloguing in the British Museum, with prospect of advance ment. A few months later he was appointed assistant in |