Excerpt from Autobiography of John Macoun, Canadian Explorer and Naturalist, Assistant Director and Naturalist to the Geological Survey of Canada, 1831-1920 Then I met a government official at Winnipeg, who said: Why don't you write to Professor John Macoun at Ottawa? He is the best naturalist in Canada and is one of those big men who always are ready to help a student. So, without introduction of any kind, I sent a preliminary collection of plants to Macoun, asking if he would name them for me. His answer is before me now, in his own handwriting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.