On the 19th December, 1860, an enthusias- 

 tic botanist, hailing from old England, the 

 late Samuel Sturton, read before a Quebec 

 audience a valuable paper on The Wild 

 Flowers of Quebec. Mr. Sturton's lecture 

 having long since disappeared from circula- 

 tion, the proprietor of the Morning Chronichy 

 with the view of affording facilities for the 

 study of our innumerable and exquisite 

 Spring Flowers, has printed in pamphlet form, 

 for subscribers, the following letters, contri- 

 buted to the Morning Chronicle by the author 

 of Maple Leaves. These familiar and con- 

 cise notes are based chiefly on Mr. Sturton's 

 lecture, and have had the benefit of a revi- 

 sion by the writer. 



Quebec, May, 1885. 



