Wm. Sheppard, Then President Of The Literary And Historical
Society Of Quebec.
Lady Dalhousie had presented to this Society, founded
by her husband in 1824, her herbarium (see Vol.
I Transactions, Literary
and Historical Society, page 255).
[244] For anything good in this short sketch of our Wild Flowers, the
reader is indebted to Mr. S. S. Sturton, whose paper on the Wild Flowers
of Quebec was our guide. - J. M. L.
[245] Mr. Wheeler is a younger brother of J. Talboys Wheeler, the eminent
writer on the classics, but better known latterly as the Historian of
India.
[246] The History of Emily Montague, by Mrs. Brooke, London, 1769.
[247] It has been excessively difficult to procure even one copy of this
now old book, the edition being out of print more than sixty years ago.
The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, is indebted to Edwin
King Esq., Post Office Inspector, Montreal, for the only copy I ever saw.
Tradition recalls that Mrs. Brooks the novelist, was the wife of a
military Chaplain, stationed in Quebec in 1766. [248] The vinery contains
the following new varieties, etc: - Black Alicante Foster's Seedling,
White, Muscat Hamburg, Lady Downs, Golden Hamburg, also the common Black
Hamburg, Joslyn St. Albans, Muscat of Alexandria, Sweet Water, Black St.
Peter's, &c., &c. The conservatory is stocked with seventy Camellia
Japonica of the newest varieties, twenty varieties of choice Azelias;
Chorozemas, Heaths, Epacris, Dillwynia, Eriostemon, Acacias, Geraniums,
Fuchias, with a large collection of creeping plants, &c.
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