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Bibliography of useful resources on the history of the Montréal Botanical Garden

Bouchard, André et Francine Hoffman, 1998. Le Jardin botanique de Montréal: Esquisse d'une histoire. Montréal : Fides. 112 p.
MBG Library call-number: 0951 B6.1

Clerk, Nathalie, 2007. Le Jardin botanique de Montréal. Ottawa : Canada, Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada. 30 p.; photoc. (not published) (Rapport au feuilleton - Lieu. Rapport 2007-24)
cote biblio JBM : 0951.8 C3.1

Des Rochers, Jacques, 1995. Étude historique et analyse patrimoniale du Jardin botanique de Montréal. Montréal : Québec, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, Direction régionale de Montréal. 2 vols.; photoc. (not published)
MBG Library call-number: 0951 D4.1 v. 1 & v.2

Teuscher, Henry (1891-1984), 1940. Program for an Ideal Botanical Garden. Mémoires du Jardin botanique de Montréal, no 1 : 1-34. [English version]
Available online