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Paper, 'Catalogue of 50 plants from Chelsea garden for 1749 nos.1351-1400' by John Wilmer

Reference number: L&P/2/114

Date: 1750

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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 Worshipful Company of Apothecaries for the year 1749, pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. et Societat. Reg. nuper Præf. by John Wilmer, M. D. Clariss. Societat. Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chelsean. Præfect. et Prælect, Botan'

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L&P/2/114
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1750
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Catalogue of 50 plants from Chelsea garden for 1749 nos.1351-1400' by John Wilmer, 1750, L&P/2/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_114/paper-catalogue-of-50-plants-from-chelsea-garden-for-1749-nos1351-1400-by-john-wilmer, accessed on 13 May 2025

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