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'Some Enquiries concerning Vegetables' by Daniel Cox

Reference number: RBO/3/28

Date: 19 April 1665

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Discussing the types of soils suitable for different plants - discussing compost - lists questions about propagation of seeds, grafting, planting kernels and whether plant produced, about trees, about 'hot beds' (type of greenhouse)

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RBO/3/28
Earliest possible date
19 April 1665
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Some Enquiries concerning Vegetables' by Daniel Cox, 19 April 1665, RBO/3/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_28/some-enquiries-concerning-vegetables-by-daniel-cox, accessed on 19 July 2025

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