And Some Brought Flowers

by Downie, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9781550416169
• ISBN10: 1550416162
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd

Summary

Originally published in 1980, 'and some brought flowers' partners70 stunning full-colour watercolours of plants discovered by early travelers to NorthAmerica with numerous excerpts from the writings of early explorers and settlers. Arranged in alphabetical order (from "Ash" to "Wintergreen") eachentry is accompanied by botanical descriptions and historical quotations describing theplants and reflecting on their uses, both practical and aesthetic. The result is afascinating history of North American gardening customs, of the professional botaniststraveling along the paths of the pioneers and of the settlers who responded with bothastonishment and practical common sense to the rich variety of plant species they sawbefore them. Contributors include Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, LouisHebert, Alexander Henry, John Franklin, Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe, and Catherine ParrTraill.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Illustrations	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Plants
Biographies	p. 143
Bibliography	p. 163
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