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Curteis' paper provides directions for planting bulbous roots in pots of glasses of water. The paper is incomplete, and a note states 'remainder lost by the Printer'.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Experiments and observations on bulbous roots, plants, and seeds growing in water.'

Reference number
CLP/10ii/22
Earliest possible date
1733
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Experiments and observations on bulbous roots, plants, and seeds growing in water' by Wm [William] Curteis, 1733, CLP/10ii/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10ii_22/paper-experiments-and-observations-on-bulbous-roots-plants-and-seeds-growing-in-water-by-wm-william-curteis, accessed on 09 May 2026

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