![a cotton flower herbarium specimen](https://www.mcgill.ca/herbarium/files/herbarium/styles/fullwidth_breakpoints_theme_moriarty_small_1x/public/cotton-best.jpeg?itok=8FZkEl23×tamp=1673974174)
Many of the earliest Canadian plant collectors contributed to the McGill University herbarium, making it a unique historical record and providing a window into our botanical past. Image of a cotton plant grown circa 1820, collection location unknown.