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John Davidson fonds

  • AM505
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1978

The fonds consists of typescripts and notes to public addresses delivered by Davidson on a number of topics, 1912-1951; scientific notes on botany; religious notes on Davidson's work with the Baptist Church, 1934-1945; typescript essays; correspondence; scrapbooks of clippings 1897- 1975; and photographs.

Davidson, John

Manuscripts

File includes the following manuscripts:

  • How Mountaineers may Contribute to our Knowledge of the Flora of B.C.
  • The Cascara Tree in British Columbia
  • A Ten Minute Summary ... [re Kerrisdale and Ruth Morton Baptist Churches]
  • Reminiscenses of the Vancouver Natural History Society
  • Place Names in Black Tusk Region of Garibaldi Park

Public addresses

File contains the following public addresses:

  • The Evolution of Civilization in the Plant Kingdom
  • In the Scottish Highlands with Cycle and Camera
  • Modern Methods in High School Botany
  • Interesting Girls in Nature Study (2 copies)
  • An Evening with the Buttercup Family
  • In Alpine Regions with a Naturalist
  • Botanical principles for Amateur Gardeners (2 copies)
  • How Climatic Conditions Affect Nectar Secretion (2 copies)
  • The Handwriting on the Wall or Wake up Vancouver (3 copies)

Public addresses

File includes the following addresses:

  • Native Flowers for Bees
  • Wild Flowers of British Columbia
  • Economic Uses of Some Native Plants
  • The Tent Caterpillar Plaque - its Cause and Cure (notes only)
  • Wild Flowers
  • The Morality of Plants
  • Have Plants Morals?
  • Man's Influence on the Native Flora with special reference to Insect Pests
  • Wild Flowers of British Columbia
  • Poisoning Plants
  • City Beautiful Movement in Vancouver
  • Our part in Arbor Day Celebrations (2 copies)

Public addresses

File includes the following addresses:

  • In Alpine Regions with a Botanist (3 copies)
  • The Prospects for Commercial Drug Plant Cultivation in B.C. (4 copies)
  • Civic Beautification (notes only)
  • Some Inter-relationships of Botany and the Sister Sciences (2 copies)
  • What a Father expects of his Son
  • Poisonous Plants

Public addresses

File includes the following addresses:

  • Poisonous Plants of British Columbia
  • The Species Concept: Echoes of the International Botanical Congress
  • Gleanings of my Visit to the International Horticultural and Botanical Congress (2 copies)
  • Wanted: The Vancouver Museum of Natural History (2 copies)
  • Rock Gardens and Native Alpine Plants
  • Native Plants useful in the Garden
  • Wild Flowers of the Season (2 copies)
  • The Garden: An Asylum for Freaks (2 copies)

Public addresses

File includes the following public addresses:

  • Poisonous Plants of British Columbia
  • Medicinal Plants of British Columbia
  • Economic Applications of Botany (2 copies)
  • Have Flowers Intelligence?
  • Religion and Life (2 copies)
  • The Religion of Nature
  • Native Alpine Plants and Rock Gardens
  • Some Economic Aspects of Botany (notes only)
  • Poisonous Plants of B.C.
  • Reminiscences of a Semi-Jubilee of Natural History Progress (2 copies)
  • The Church of the Future
  • Honey Producing Plants and their Pollination by Bees

Public addresses

File includes the following public addresses:

  • British Columbia as a Source of Medicinal Plants (3 copies)
  • Plants by the Indian Wall
  • How to Prepare Botanical Specimens
  • Botany of Crop Plants
  • Native Nectar Bearing Plants for Bees
  • Birth of a Botanical Garden (notes only)

Public addresses

File includes the following public addresses:

  • Entomology from the Standpoint of a Botanist
  • Botanical Opportunities in British Columbia
  • Mountaineering as an Educational Stimulus
  • Some British Columbia Native Plants for the Garden
  • What we mean by "Our Native Flora"
  • Mountaineering
  • Exploration of Garibaldi Mountain Region
  • The Flora of British Columbia
  • Some Aspects of Plant Life in the Province: The General Aspect
  • Wild Plants in Relation to the Beautification of Point Grey
  • Botanical Exploration of British Columbia
  • Plant Life in British Columbia
  • Botany for Gardeners

Public addresses

File includes the following addresses:

  • Our Native Flora and its Relation to the School
  • Synopsis of address re: Tree Planting Association
  • What we can do to encourage the Study of Nature?
  • Address to Children Garden Camp
  • British Columbia: A Paradise for Botanists
  • How Plants Feed
  • Relation of Plants to Environment
  • Trees (notes only)
  • An Evening with a Naturalist (notes only)
  • Nature Study in Relation to the Training of the Child
  • The School Garden in Nature Study
  • Address to Arbor Day Committee
  • How Nature Cares for Her Children
  • Wild Flowers (notes only)
  • The Flora of British Columbia
  • Some Native Plants Scouts Should Know
  • Wild Flowers of British Columbia
  • A Survey of Our Native Flora
  • Botany in Relation to Nature Study
  • Man's Attitude Towards Nature
  • Address to the Women's Canadian Club
  • The Work of the Natural History Society in Relation to Civic Development
  • In Alpine Regions with a Botanist
  • Instructions to Teachers re Judging Children's Gardens
  • The Work of Plants in Relation to the World's Food Supply
  • Nature's Battle
  • Hints on Gardening
  • Wild Flowers of British Columbia
    -The Naturalist and the Camera
  • The Tent Caterpillar - its Life History and Means of Combating the Pest

Public addresses

File contains the following public addresses:

  • Clover and its Allies: Their Relation to Environment and Value as Bee Plants
  • Nature Study and Religion (4 copies)
  • Honey Plants of British Columbia (2 copies)
  • The Classification of Plants: Past, Present and Future (2 copies)
  • Native Plants for the Garden
  • Dogwood as the Civic Emblem (2 copies)
  • An Evening with a Naturalist
  • By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them
  • The Conservation of our Forest Resources
  • Botanical Hints for Gardeners (notes only)
  • Have Plants Morals?
  • Vancouver Arbor Day - Why and How

Photographs

Series consists of photographs (glass plate negatives and vintage prints) taken by John Davidson. Photographs show a variety of subjects and locations including street and district/community scenes of Vancouver, the B.C. Mountaineering Club, the Davidson family, the interior of B.C., the Garibaldi Distirict, the Okanagan, the southwest coast of B.C., Point Grey, the U.B.C. botanical gardens, Scotland and plants

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