This popular botany book from 1885 was written by Catharine Parr Traill (1802-99), an English writer and botanist who became a settler in Canada. This is an engaging botanical work where anecdotes and literary quotations are found alongside detailed descriptions and classification information. It is illustrated by Agnes Chamberlin.
Popular botany from 1885, written by an English writer and botanist who emigrated to become a settler in Canada.