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V. — Boucher, Pierre. — Governor of Trois Rivières, Canada. Died at Rivière-Ouelle, 

 May 3rd, 170*7. 



(8.) Histoire Naturelle de la Nouvelle France, vulgairement dite le Canada : 

 Paris, 1665. 



Pritzel's Thés. Bot. Lit., 469. Appletou's Cyc. of Biog. Tanguay's Diet. 

 Geu. Bibaud's Panth. Can., 38. Bibaud's Diet. Hist., 50. 



YI. — TouRNEFORT, JosEPH PiTTON DE.— A native of France. Born at Aix, June 5th, 

 1636 ; died at Paris, Dec. 28th, 1708. 



He described various collections of Canadian plants, made by Diéreville, 

 Sarrasin, and others. 



Pritzel's Thes. Bot. Lit., 320. Appletou's Cyc. of Biog., 953. 



VIL — Hennepin, Louis. — A Franciscan Monk, who accompanied La Salle in his voyage 

 down the Mississippi. Born in 1640 ; died in 1701. 



(9.) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, extending about 4,000 

 miles, between New France and Mexico ; with descriptions of the great Lakes, 

 Cataracts, Rivers, Plants and Animals, etc. : London, 1698. 



Appleton's Cyc. of Biog. Faribault's Cat. d'Ouv. sur I'Hist. de l'Amérique. 



Vin. — Diéreville, N. — A French traveller, who made a voyage to America, in 1699. 

 On his return to France, he carried with him a number of plants, among which 

 was the bush honeysuckle, which Tournefort named in his honor, thus 

 establishing the genus Diervilla. 



(10.) Voyage du Port-Royal de I'Acadie ou Nouvelle France: Amsterdam, 

 1708. 



Pritzel's Thes. Bot. Lit., 82. Gray's Flora of N. A., I. 2. 18. Appleton's 

 Cyc. of Biog. Larousse's Diet. LTniv. du XIXe Siècle. 



IX. — Sarrasin, Michel. — Born in 1659 ; died at Quebec, Sept. 9th, 1734. Physician 

 at the Court of Quebec in 1730. 



Sarrasin left no special writings on Canadian botany, but among the plants 

 he sent to Tournefort, was the pitcher-i^lant discovered by him ; hence, in his 

 honor, the genus Sarracenia was established. 



Pritzel's Thes. Bot. Lit., 278. Provancher's Flor. Can., 29. Appleton's 

 Cyc. of Biog. Tanguay's Diet. Gen., I. 539. Bibaud's Diet. Hist., 294. Bibaud's 

 Panth. Can., 255. 



X. — Lafitau, Joseph François. — A Jesuit Missionary, resident at Caughnawaga, but 

 native of France. Born at Bordeaux in 1670 ; died 1740. 



(11.) La Plante du Ginseng de Tartaric découverte eu Canada : Paris, 1718. 



Pritzel's Thes. Bot. Lit., 173. Appleton's Cyc. of Biog. Cassell's Biog. 

 Diet., 847. Bibaud's Diet. Hist., 175. Bibaud's Panth. Can., 143. 



XI. — Charlevoix, Pierre Franoois-Xavier de. — A Jesuit Missionary, native of 

 France, who travelled through Canada, down the Mississippi, and to St. 

 Domingo. Born in 1683 ; died in 1761. 



(12.) Voyage to North America: London, 1761. 



