Flore laurentienne explained
Flore laurentienne (The Laurentian Flora En) by Marie-Victorin Bro. (Conrad Kirouac),[1] is the scientific inventory of vascular plant resources growing spontaneously in the St. Lawrence River valley, in Quebec, Canada.
Firts published by the Bros. of the Christian Schools in 1935, the manual lists and describes 1568 species of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, plants illustrated by Bro. Alexandre Blouin.[2]
History
The Flore laurentienne is the fruit of thirty years of study, research, gathering, plant collecting, and classification of thousands of specimens. In 1935, in the midst of an economic crisis, it took the energy, charisma and sense of organization of Marie-Victorin, assisted by his collaborators, to bring the manuscript to the presses of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
From its launch on April 3, 1935, at the Viger Hotel in Montreal, the Flore laurentienne was acclaimed as the bible of French-Canadian naturalists.[3] [4]
Flore laurentienne divisions
Preface — Historical and bibliographical summary of Laurentian botany — General outline — Synopsis of systematic groups — Artificial key to plants of Quebec — Pteridophytes — Spermatophytes — Gymnosperms — Angiosperms — Dicotyls — Monocotyls — Glossary — Abbreviations of author names — Alphabetical index (Marie-Victorin, p. 4, 1935)
Editions
Recent publications are still available in bookstores, educational institutions, public libraries and on line, the work published for the first time in 1935, in large format, has undergone several reissues:[5]
- Second edition, completely revised and updated by Ernest Rouleau (1916-1991), published in September 1964, printed on Bible paper and in a reduced format;[6]
- Third edition, updated and annotated by Luc Brouillet, Stuart G. Hay and Isabelle Goulet, published in October 1995, reprinted in 2002;
- Digital edition, florelaurentienne.com, on line, updated, annotated, continuously active since 2001.
Collaborators
To carry out his work, Bro. Marie-Victorin surrounded himself with several collaborators, some of whom were his students. At the forefront of these is Bro. Alexandre [Blouin] (1892-1987), the author of the 2800 illustrations of the Flora, and whose name appears on the title page of the work. Jacques Rousseau, who would later become a botanist and ethnologist of international reputation[7] is the author of the " artificial key of Quebec plants ”, which, by avoiding overly technical elements and using the simplest and easiest to perceive characters, « allows even beginners and amateurs to orient themselves and arrive at the desired identification ».[8] For his part, Jules Brunel, Marie-Victorin's assistant at the Montreal Botanical Institute, was responsible for preparing the manuscripts, checking the documentation and correcting the proofs. The last two mentioned also wrote the sections dealing with some of the more contentious genres.
The author also addresses special thanks to other people, including Bro. Rolland-Germain, his collaborator for thirty years, Marcelle Gauvreau,[9] [10] librarian of the Botanical Institute, and Émile Jacques, curator of the herbarium of this institution.
Reception
... The publication of the first edition of Flore laurentienne was an event awaited by Quebec society at the time; it is announced on the front page of the daily Le Devoir. Biologist Georges Préfontaine wrote in Le Devoir: “A new monument, luminous and imperishable, stands today in the firmament of American botanical science.” The literary critic Pierre Daviault, in Le Droit, is equally complimentary:
The same year the flora was published, the gold medal from the Provancher Society of Natural History of Canada was awarded to Marie-Victorin for its publication.[11] [12]
Culture
The Flore laurentienne is mentioned several times in Réjean Ducharme's novel, L’Hiver de force.
References
- Web site: Marie-Victorin . Flore laurentienne . BAnQ digital . Library and National Archives of Quebec . 18 July 2024 . 917 . fr . 3 April 1935 . ... a work of convenience intended to offer French Canadians a means of acquiring a general knowledge, but as exact as possible, of the spontaneous flora of their country..
- Web site: Frère Alexandre Blouin, f.é.c. (1892-1987) . Archives of the University of Montreal . 16 July 2024 . fr . Alexandre Blouin also taught religion, history, French, mathematics and physics..
- Web site: Marie-Victorin, harvest time (1935-1944) . Erudit . Archives of the University of Montreal . 17 July 2024 . fr . .. it is necessary to compile, translate and adapt foreign works; identify and create new monographs of plants when they do not exist and sometimes even decide on a name..
- Web site: Yves Gingras . The struggles of Brother Marie-Victorin . Department of History University of Quebec in Montreal . 17 July 2024 . fr . 16 May 2005 . ... opening the eyes of the geologist and the botanist to all things, of the art enthusiast and the curious about man and the Christian too..
- Web site: Yanick Villedieu . La Flore laurentienne de Marie-Victorin a 80 ans . ici.radio-canada.ca . 17 July 2024 . fr . 7 April 2015 . ... has a completely unusual character because of its ethnobotanical and ecological comments..
- Web site: John M. Crowley . Marie-Victorin, Bro. Flore Laurentienne, 2nd edition, review and updated by Ernest Rouleau, illustrated by Bro. Alexander. . Department of Geography at Laval University . Quebec geography notebooks . 3 . fr . 1967 . ...also includes mention of all species added to the flora of Quebec since 1935, more than six hundred species.
- Web site: Marie-Victorin - L'héritage - Jacques Rousseau . 2023-04-08 . Archives de l'Université de Montréal.
- Web site: Georges Préfontaine . 13 March 1935 . « La Flore laurentienne » du Frère Marie-Victorin . 7 April 2023 . Le Devoir.
- Web site: Emmanuel Rioux . Marcelle Gauvreau, scientist and educator (1907-1968) . 16 July 2024 . fr . 20 January 2022 . ... she works also in the glossary and index of great work of Marie-Victorin, la Flore laurentienne.
- Web site: Normand Miron . The Awakening (1935-1968) - The school of Marcelle Gauvreau at the Botanical Garden 1939-57 . 55 . 3 March 2021 . ... from the Botanical Garden Archives and the Archives of the city of Montreal, UQAM archives and newspapers such Le Devoir, La Presse, Le Front Ouvrier, monthly magazine L'Oiseau bleu, L'Action Catholic, Primary education, and notes from the Historical Society and cultural of Marigot.
- Book: R. Courtois . The Provancher Society: 100 years of commitment to nature . É. Bossert . J. La Rochelle . M. Lepage . La Société Provancher d’Histoire naturelle du Canada . 1935 . Quebec . 1935 . 42 . pdf . 7 April 2023. .
- Web site: The Provancher Society 100 years of commitment to nature . Provancher society . 16 July 2024 . 2024 . .. one of the oldest private conservation organizations in Canada. It was founded on May 2, 1919,.
- Web site: Marie-Victorin . Flore laurentienne . BAnQ digital . Library and National Archives of Quebec . 18 July 2024 . 917 . fr . 3 April 1935 . ... a work of convenience intended to offer French Canadians a means of acquiring a general knowledge, but as exact as possible, of the spontaneous flora of their country..
- Web site: Frère Alexandre Blouin, f.é.c. (1892-1987) . Archives of the University of Montreal . 16 July 2024 . fr . Alexandre Blouin also taught religion, history, French, mathematics and physics..
- Web site: Marie-Victorin, harvest time (1935-1944) . Erudit . Archives of the University of Montreal . 17 July 2024 . fr . .. it is necessary to compile, translate and adapt foreign works; identify and create new monographs of plants when they do not exist and sometimes even decide on a name..
- Web site: Yves Gingras . The struggles of Brother Marie-Victorin . Department of History University of Quebec in Montreal . 17 July 2024 . fr . 16 May 2005 . ... opening the eyes of the geologist and the botanist to all things, of the art enthusiast and the curious about man and the Christian too..
- Web site: Yanick Villedieu . La Flore laurentienne de Marie-Victorin a 80 ans . ici.radio-canada.ca . 17 July 2024 . fr . 7 April 2015 . ... has a completely unusual character because of its ethnobotanical and ecological comments..
- Web site: John M. Crowley . Marie-Victorin, Bro. Flore Laurentienne, 2nd edition, review and updated by Ernest Rouleau, illustrated by Bro. Alexander. . Department of Geography at Laval University . Quebec geography notebooks . 3 . fr . 1967 . ...also includes mention of all species added to the flora of Quebec since 1935, more than six hundred species.
- Web site: Marie-Victorin - L'héritage - Jacques Rousseau . 2023-04-08 . Archives de l'Université de Montréal.
- Web site: Georges Préfontaine . 13 March 1935 . « La Flore laurentienne » du Frère Marie-Victorin . 7 April 2023 . Le Devoir.
- Web site: Emmanuel Rioux . Marcelle Gauvreau, scientist and educator (1907-1968) . 16 July 2024 . fr . 20 January 2022 . ... she works also in the glossary and index of great work of Marie-Victorin, la Flore laurentienne.
- Web site: Normand Miron . The Awakening (1935-1968) - The school of Marcelle Gauvreau at the Botanical Garden 1939-57 . 55 . 3 March 2021 . ... from the Botanical Garden Archives and the Archives of the city of Montreal, UQAM archives and newspapers such Le Devoir, La Presse, Le Front Ouvrier, monthly magazine L'Oiseau bleu, L'Action Catholic, Primary education, and notes from the Historical Society and cultural of Marigot.
- Book: R. Courtois . The Provancher Society: 100 years of commitment to nature . É. Bossert . J. La Rochelle . M. Lepage . La Société Provancher d’Histoire naturelle du Canada . 1935 . Quebec . 1935 . 42 . pdf . 7 April 2023. .
- Web site: The Provancher Society 100 years of commitment to nature . Provancher society . 16 July 2024 . 2024 . .. one of the oldest private conservation organizations in Canada. It was founded on May 2, 1919,.
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