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Paper, 'List of 50 plants (2251-2300) from Chelsea Garden' by William Hudson

Reference number: L&P/5/46

Date: 1768

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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 1767, pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. et. Soc. Reg. nuper Prœses: By William Hudson, Societatis regiœ & clariss. Societatis pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chelsean. Proefectus et proelector botanici'

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L&P/5/46
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1768
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6 pages
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William Hudson

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William Hudson, Paper, 'List of 50 plants (2251-2300) from Chelsea Garden' by William Hudson, 1768, L&P/5/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_46/paper-list-of-50-plants-2251-2300-from-chelsea-garden-by-william-hudson, accessed on 16 June 2025

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