Curious stories of plants from Canada – Volume 2

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In continuity with the first volume, the authors of Curious stories of plants now cover the period of the French Regime through 29 popularized stories that highlight scholars and other figures working in New France and various European countries.

King's physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, agronomists, botanists, soldiers, administrators, entrepreneurs, missionaries and nuns became familiar with North American plants and their uses, often medicinal, inspired by Native American practices. .

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Alain Asselin is a retired professor in the Department of Phytology of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at Laval University. He has published numerous scientific articles in various fields of plant sciences.

Jacques Cayouette has been a botanist and researcher at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa since 1984. He participated in the third edition of Flore Laurentienne and the Flora of North America and Flore nordique du Québec et du Labrador projects. He published Discovering the North. Two and a half centuries of exploration of the northern flora of Quebec and Labrador (Multimondes, 2014).

Jacques Mathieu is professor emeritus at Laval University. His area of ​​expertise is the history of New France and multi-disciplinary studies. He has published around twenty volumes. In 2014, he received the Quebec Gérard-Morisset prize for his contribution to the knowledge of cultural heritage.

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Author: Alain Asselin, Jacques Cayouette & Jacques Mathieu
Edition: Septentrion
Publication: 2015
Pages: 328
ISBN : 978-2-89664-935-8
French language

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