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Paper, 'Of the seeds of plants' by John Ray

Reference number: CLP/10i/16

Date: 1674

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Paper by Ray regarding the differences between seeds from different types of plants, seed propagation, and seed leaves.

Subject: Botany

Read to the Royal Society on 17 December 1674.

Reference number
CLP/10i/16
Earliest possible date
1674
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Ray

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John Ray, Paper, 'Of the seeds of plants' by John Ray, 1674, CLP/10i/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_16/paper-of-the-seeds-of-plants-by-john-ray, accessed on 04 December 2025

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