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Paper, 'Catalogue of the 50 plants 2451-2500, from Chelsea, for 1771' by Stanseby Alchorne

Reference number: L&P/5/317

Date: 1772

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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 1771, pursuant to the direction of the late Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. M. D. Soc. Reg. nuper Præses:'

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L&P/5/317
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1772
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Catalogue of the 50 plants 2451-2500, from Chelsea, for 1771' by Stanseby Alchorne, 1772, L&P/5/317, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_317/paper-catalogue-of-the-50-plants-2451-2500-from-chelsea-for-1771-by-stanseby-alchorne, accessed on 16 November 2025

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