I started ... with M. Bourgeau, up the valley of Bow
River.
Botanist Eugene Bourgeau (1813-1877)
was a native of Brizon in the Department of Hautes-Alpes in France. He had
previously been a botanical collector in Spain, North Africa and the Canary
Islands before joining the Palliser Expedition.
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