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Paper, 'List of 50 plants from Chelsea garden sent to the RS' by John Wilmer

Reference number: L&P/2/57

Date: 1749

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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 1748, pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. et Societat. Reg. nuper Præs'

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Reference number
L&P/2/57
Earliest possible date
1749
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'List of 50 plants from Chelsea garden sent to the RS' by John Wilmer, 1749, L&P/2/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_57/paper-list-of-50-plants-from-chelsea-garden-sent-to-the-rs-by-john-wilmer, accessed on 10 December 2024

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