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Botanical Society of Canada
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Dates of existence
1860-
History
The Botanical Society of Canada was instituted, at the initiative of George Lawson, in 1860 for the purpose of promoting the science of Botany, the study of which had previously been much neglected in Canada. The first meeting of the Society took place on December 7th, 1860. At subsequent meetings, of which there were eleven in all, papers were read and foreign members participated by sending notes. The Society also ceated a Botanical Garden. In 1863 Lawson moved to Halifax. Without his leadership the Botanical Society slowly withered and died as did the Botanical Garden.
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CA QUA00623
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- English