Georges Bugnet

He wrote poetry, stories, articles, plays and four novels, the most well known of which is La Forêt (English: The Forest), published in 1935.

He initially studied toward a Christian priesthood,[1] but left to attend the nearby Université du Dijon and then the Sorbonne in Paris.

He had articles, poems and short stories published in both French and English in several periodicals, including Le Canada Français and Les Idées.

Bugnet was a self-taught botanist interested in finding useful trees and shrubs which could survive the harsh Canadian winters and provide income to farmers.

He spent 25 years breeding roses;[4] his 1950 introduction 'Thérèse Bugnet', an unusual hybrid involving three species, is still in commerce today.