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Observations, 'Wild valerian' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas?]

Reference number: CLP/10i/47

Date: 1722

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Physical description of a small specimen of wild valerian, identified by Douglas as the same valeriana described by Habinis Celma.

Subject: Botany

Read to the Royal Society on 24 May 1722.

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CLP/10i/47
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1722
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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James Douglas

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James Douglas, Observations, 'Wild valerian' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas?], 1722, CLP/10i/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_47/observations-wild-valerian-by-dr-douglass-james-douglas, accessed on 20 April 2025

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