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Paper, 'A catalogue of fifty plants for the Royal Society Apothecaries Garden at Chelsea for 1741, completing 1000' by Joseph Miller

Reference number: L&P/1/275

Date: 1744

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A catalogue of the fifty plants from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1741. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & nuper Soc. Reg. Præf. By Joseph Miller, Apothecary, Hort. Chels. Præf. ac Prælec. Botan'

Read 19 April 1744

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L&P/1/275
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1744
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'A catalogue of fifty plants for the Royal Society Apothecaries Garden at Chelsea for 1741, completing 1000' by Joseph Miller, 1744, L&P/1/275, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_275/paper-a-catalogue-of-fifty-plants-for-the-royal-society-apothecaries-garden-at-chelsea-for-1741-completing-1000-by-joseph-miller, accessed on 11 November 2025

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