Charles Bouvard (1572-1658) was a French chemist and physician. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A chemist is a Scientist trained in the Science of Chemistry. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Bouvard served as the physician of France's King Louis XIII and as the superintendent of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For the cognac see Louis XIII de Rémy Martin. Louis XIII ( September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643) The Jardin des Plantes is the main Botanical garden in France. [1] Bouvard was known for using his knowledge of plants to create a number of medicines from common ordinary flowers. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also [2] The flower Bouvard is most closely associated with is the bouvardia genus of evergreen herbs and shrubs. Bouvardia is a Genus of about 30 species of Evergreen Herbs and Shrubs in the family Rubiaceae, native to Tropical In Botany, an Evergreen plant is a plant having leaves all year round A(n herb (ˈhɝb or /ˈɝb/ see pronunciation differences) is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties flavor scent or the like A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree Bouvard also wrote the Historicae Hodiernae Medicinae Rationalis Veritatis, a book defending medical rationalism, in 1655. [3]