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'A Catalogue of 50 Plants presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries of London. Pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane Baronet President of the College of Physicians and Vice President of the Royal Society'

Reference number: RBO/11/84

Date: 1722

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Company of Apothecaries of London had established a physic garden in 1673. Sloane had granted them part of his estate and manor of Chelsea on condition that it would be kept by the Company as a physic garden. As evidence of this, the Company were asked to present 50 specimens of plants annually which had been grown there in the previous year.
The catalogue was presented by Isaac Rand and Mr Meres

Reference number
RBO/11/84
Earliest possible date
1722
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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'A Catalogue of 50 Plants presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries of London. Pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane Baronet President of the College of Physicians and Vice President of the Royal Society', 1722, RBO/11/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_84/a-catalogue-of-50-plants-presented-to-the-royal-society-by-the-company-of-apothecaries-of-london-pursuant-to-the-direction-of-sir-hans-sloane-baronet-president-of-the-college-of-physicians-and-vice-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 16 April 2026

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