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Paper, 'Catalogue of 50 plants (1551-1600) from Chelsea Garden' by John Wilmer

Reference number: L&P/2/483

Date: 1754

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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 1753. pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. nuper Præs.; by John Wilmer, M. D. Clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chels. Præf. & Prælect. Botan.'

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L&P/2/483
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1754
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Catalogue of 50 plants (1551-1600) from Chelsea Garden' by John Wilmer, 1754, L&P/2/483, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_483/paper-catalogue-of-50-plants-1551-1600-from-chelsea-garden-by-john-wilmer, accessed on 16 August 2026

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