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'Observations on some of the Plants in New England with remarkable Instances of the Nature and Power of Vegetation in a Letter to the Publisher from the honourable Paul Dudley'

Reference number: RBO/12/10

Date: 1724

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Details about pear and peach trees, and about vegetation
Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1724

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RBO/12/10
Earliest possible date
1724
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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'Observations on some of the Plants in New England with remarkable Instances of the Nature and Power of Vegetation in a Letter to the Publisher from the honourable Paul Dudley', 1724, RBO/12/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_10/observations-on-some-of-the-plants-in-new-england-with-remarkable-instances-of-the-nature-and-power-of-vegetation-in-a-letter-to-the-publisher-from-the-honourable-paul-dudley, accessed on 06 September 2026

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