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Letter, 'Account of preparing seeds of the Cedar of Lebanon for germination' from William Speechley to Doctor Kay

Reference number: L&P/9/73

Date: 10 November 1786

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Subject: Botany

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Reference number
L&P/9/73
Earliest possible date
10 November 1786
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Account of preparing seeds of the Cedar of Lebanon for germination' from William Speechley to Doctor Kay, 10 November 1786, L&P/9/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_73/letter-account-of-preparing-seeds-of-the-cedar-of-lebanon-for-germination-from-william-speechley-to-doctor-kay, accessed on 17 February 2025

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