Studies of Plant Life in Canada - Or, Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Plain (Paperback)

Catharine Parr Traill (1802 99) was a writer, botanist and settler who emigrated from England to Canada with her husband in 1832. Both she and her sister, Susanna Moodie, became well known for their writing on settler life: Traill is also the author of The Backwoods of Canada and The Canadian Settler's Guide. This 1885 publication is the most comprehensive of her botanical works. Plants are grouped together by family and the book is divided into four sections: native flowers, flowering shrubs, forest trees and native ferns. Written to inspire the Canadian public to share her passion for the plant life of their country, the book has an engaging style where anecdotes and literary quotations appear alongside detailed descriptions and classification information. Traill's niece, Agnes Chamberlin, is the book's illustrator. A beautiful example of nineteenth-century popular botany, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the subject.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	July 2011
Authors:	Catherine Parr Strickland Traill
Illustrators:	Agnes Fitzgibbon Chamberlin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	350
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-03375-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General
LSN:	1-108-03375-X
Barcode:	9781108033756

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