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xxxviii 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 This work has never been superseded.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.

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 advancement. A few months later he was appointed assistant in