Curious Stories of Canadian Plants Volume 3

Between 1760 and 1867, despite major upheavals in the country, women and men made significant efforts to better understand Canadian plants and their uses. After the era of exploration and discovery, science slowly took over. A German botanist, who had plants collected during the famous Lewis and Clark expedition, wanted to write a Canadian flora. A mother of 10 children found the time to botanize and enrich collections of Canadian specimens. The greatest naturalist painter of his time, James Audubon, studied birds and plants in the Natashquan region. Three French-Canadian priests became famous: the first for his work on Canadian flora, the second for his career as a professor of botany at the brand-new Université Laval, and the third for his free herbal folk remedy.
This third volume presents 29 personalized stories based on the approach of the previous works, featuring fascinating characters who guide us in the discovery of plants with multiple and surprising uses.