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Paper, Account of a book entitled 'The Gardener's Dictionary' by Philip Miller

Reference number: CLP/22ii/48

Date: 1731

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Notes that Philip Miller was gardener to the Botanic Garden at Chelsea. Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1731.

Subject: Botany

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CLP/22ii/48
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1731
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Philip Miller

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Philip Miller, Paper, Account of a book entitled 'The Gardener's Dictionary' by Philip Miller, 1731, CLP/22ii/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_48/paper-account-of-a-book-entitled-the-gardeners-dictionary-by-philip-miller, accessed on 21 April 2026

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