Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute
Introduction -- Parts of a mushroom -- Collecting mushrooms -- Food value of mushrooms -- Mushroom poisioning -- Identification -- Nomenclature -- Classification -- Key to the genera of mushrooms -- Technical key to the genera of mushrooms.
Mountaineers will find in this little volume the authentic account of the ascents in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks which made the name of E. W. D. Holway so well known to the climbing fraternity not many years ago. Readers who may never have seen a mountain will enjoy the book simply as the true tale of a remarkable man whogave up commercial pursuits to become a professor of botany and an explorer of little-known Alpine ranges.
The book is composed largely of Mr. Holway’s intimate letters and diaries which tell his story with an engaging touch that continually makes light of the dangers, difficulties and hardships inseparable from pioneer work. The trials and tribulations of “backpacking” are graphically portrayed by the author. The book was designed to cover, as a part of a well-rounded biography, the mountaineering experiences of its subject. We think that the task has been well done and commend the work to the attention of readers interested in the Canadian Alps.
Mr. Palmer’s book, with an introduction by the late Professor J. Arthur Harris, former head of the Department of Botany at the University of Minnesota, is enriched with illustrations of many of the peaks referred to in the text. It is very well printed and attractive in format.
(From American Alpine Club)
Contents
Preface
A pioneer of the Canadian Alps
Earliest climbs
The maturity of mountaineer
The first expedition into the Cariboos
Conclusion
Supplementary letters
List of ascents and explorations by Edward W.D. Holway
"A novelist, journalist, socialite, botanist, explorer, and World War I ambulance driver, Julia Henshaw was a unique and colourful personality. This graphic biography follows her extraordinary life from Montreal to Vancouver, from the Rocky Mountains to England, and from the mining towns of BC's Kootenays to the battlefields of France and Belgium. Her strongly expressed views of women's roles and voting rights, of racial and class issues, and of Canada's relationship to Great Britain and the USA are an illuminating contrast with the values of her contemporaries, and with society today."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Prelude
Mrs. Charles Henshaw
Julian Durham
Julia W. Henshaw
Gwen
Captain Julia Henshaw
"Gentle Julia"
Afterword
Key players
Supplementary notes
Bibliography
Index
Notes
Graphic novel with mention of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Signed copy.
Species with white or cream coloured flowers -- Species with yellow flowers -- Species with blue flowers -- Species with mauve, pink flowers -- Species with pink flowers -- Species with magenta flowers -- Species with violet purple flowers -- Species with green or inconspicious flowers.