Author | Bro. Marie-Victorin (1885-1944) |
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Original title | Flore laurentienne |
Illustrator | Bro. Alexandre Blouin (1892-1987) [2] |
Language | French |
Genre | Botany |
Publisher | Bros. of the Christian Schools |
Publication date | 1935 |
Publication place | Quebec, Canada |
Media type | Scientific work |
Pages | 925 |
ISBN | 0-8405-0018-1 |
Flore laurentienne (The Laurentian Flora En) by Marie-Victorin Bro. (Conrad Kirouac),[3] is the scientific inventory of vascular plant resources growing spontaneously in the St. Lawrence River valley, in Quebec, Canada.[4]
First published by the Bros. of the Christian Schools in 1935, the manual lists and describes 1568 species of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, plants illustrated by Bro. Alexandre Blouin.[2]
... has a magnificent collection of 45,000 rare books dated between the 14th and 20th centuries.
Alexandre Blouin also taught religion, history, French, mathematics and physics.
... a work of convenience intended to offer French Canadians a means of acquiring a general knowledge, but as exact as possible, of the spontaneous flora of their country.
La Flore laurentienne de Marie-Victorin a 80 ans
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