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Paper, 'Of quamoclit and other plants raised from Dr Mortimer's seeds' by John Wilmer

Reference number: L&P/2/241

Date: 1751

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Subject: Botany

Read 14 November 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/241
Earliest possible date
1751
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of quamoclit and other plants raised from Dr Mortimer's seeds' by John Wilmer, 1751, L&P/2/241, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_241/paper-of-quamoclit-and-other-plants-raised-from-dr-mortimers-seeds-by-john-wilmer, accessed on 22 June 2025

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