GEOLOGICAL SLK\LV OK CANADA 



Robert Bkll, M.l)., D.Sc. (Cantah.). LL.l).. I.K.S., I.S.O. 

 Acting Deputy Head and Director 



Oi I \\v\, November 14. 1905 



Dear Mrs. Henshaw : When you first toUl me of your intention 

 to write a popular mountain flora, I assured you that such a work 

 would not only serve a splendid purj^ose in attracting attention to 

 our grand Canadian mountains, but that until the tourist had in his 

 hands some such book that would enal)le him to identifv the manv 

 flowers that grow there in ])rofusion he must feel lost among the 

 unnamed beauties which would surround him. It was the one lH)()k 

 needed. 



That the work should have been done as you have done it is more 

 than I could have hoped. The beauty of the photograi)hs, the abso- 

 lute correctness of the grouping of the flowers, the concise and vet 

 complete descriptions, make it easy for even the \isitor of a dav to 

 identify all the i)lants he is likely to see. 



Your choice of English names when such had not before been 

 given to our alpine flowers is excellent. They are themsehes often 

 sufficiently descriptive to enable one to identify the sj)ecies. 1 am 

 glad to note, too, that the scientific names you have used arc strictly 

 in accordance with our Canadian nomenclature as indorsed by the 

 Canadian Dominion Government Botanists. 



Yours sincerelv 



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