This special issue of The Canadian Field-Naturalist, by James S. Pringle, was published by the OFNC in cooperation with the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Contents

• The history of the exploration of the vascular flora of Canada
  • Early history: European exploration and settlement along the east coast and St. Lawrence River
  • The early British colonial period: Exploration of Labrador, the interior, and the west coast
  • Arctic exploration: The quest for the Northwest Passage
  • The Hooker era: Contributions toward the Flora Boreali-Americana; Horticultural expeditions
  • After the Act of Union, 1841: Establishment of Canadian scientifc institutions; Avocational botany becomes popular
  • Québécois botanists become active
  • Post-Confederation developments: The Macoun era
  • Canadian floristics at the turn of the century: Scientific societies founded; Federal activity increases; Avocational botany peaks, then fades
  • American botanists assume a major role
  • The Marie-Victorin era: Resurgence of floristic and taxonomic studies, especially in Québec
  • After World War II: Professional botanist increase in numbers; Exploration of remote areas; Major floras written
  • Closing note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Principal repositories of herbarium specimens of Canadian origin collected and/or studied by persons mentioned in this paper
  • Literature cited

• The history of the exploration of the vascular flora of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Principal repositories of herbarium specimens from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon collected by persons mentioned in this paper
  • Literature cited

• The history of the exploration of the vascular flora of Greenland
  • Early botanizing by missionaries and explorers
  • Later nineteenth-century expeditions: Exploration intensifies
  • Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Exploration becomes more scientifically oriented
  • Porsild era begins: Disko Arctic Station established, many expeditions from several nations
  • The Sorensen Era: Many floristic and ecological studies
  • Post-World War II developments
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Principal repositories of herbarium specimens of Greenlandic origin collected by persons mentioned int his paper
  • Literature cited

• Combined index to personal names

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