Catalogue Of Canadian Plants Vol 1

Download or read book Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Vol. 1 written by John Macoun and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Vol. 1: Polypetalae The purpose of this work is to place in the hands of Canadian botanists, in a connected form, the knowledge so far obtained of the extent and distribution of the Flora of Canada. It is believed that this Catalogue will satisfy a long-felt want, and enable botanists to add to, or make more accurate, the data at present available, and in the course of a few years remove the serious difficulties which now stand in the way of a "Flora of Canada." Forty-three years ago Sir William Jackson Hooker published his great work the "Flora Boreali Americana," and in it recorded all the knowledge obtained of species and their distribution by the early travellers and explorers. In the same year, 1840, Torrey and Gray published their work on the Flora of North America, which included the Polypetalse only. Three years later the Gamopetalse to the end of the Composite, was published by the same authors. After the lapse of thirty-five years Dr. Asa Gray published the remaining Gamopetalae in the year 1878. The four works above enumerated contain all we know of Canadian botany, beyond the lists which have appeared occasionally in Canadian scientific publications. In giving the distribution of species I have freely availed myself of all published records. My own observations, having extended from the Eastern Provinces to the Pacific, enable me to speak with accuracy and decision on many points which a more limited knowledge of distribution would preclude. The collections made during the last ten years by the gentlemen on the staff of the Geological and Natural History Survey in various parts of Canada have been examined by me, and also many other collections made in Ontario. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."