Letter, 'Of the effects of prickly pear and of indigo in colouring the juices of living animals' from Alexander Garden to Henry Baker
Reference number: L&P/3/257
Date: 23 June 1757
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Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The effects of the opuntia, or prickly pear, and of the indigo plant, in colouring the juices of living animals'
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- L&P/3/257
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- 23 June 1757
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- 2 pages
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Alexander Garden, Letter, 'Of the effects of prickly pear and of indigo in colouring the juices of living animals' from Alexander Garden to Henry Baker, 23 June 1757, L&P/3/257, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_257/letter-of-the-effects-of-prickly-pear-and-of-indigo-in-colouring-the-juices-of-living-animals-from-alexander-garden-to-henry-baker, accessed on 13 September 2024
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XXXVI. The effects of the opuntia, or prickly pear, and of the indigo plant, in colouring the juices of living animals External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1757
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1757.0037
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