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Referee's report by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, on a paper 'On the germination of the seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis)' by Joseph Reynolds Green

Reference number: RR/10/346

Date: 25 April 1890

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to dicsussions with Hugo Muller, in that the botanical view is much in advance of the chemical view. Refers to work of Julius von Sachs.

Subject: Botany

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1891]

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RR/10/346
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25 April 1890
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Turner Thiselton-Dyer

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William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, Referee's report by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, on a paper 'On the germination of the seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis)' by Joseph Reynolds Green, 25 April 1890, RR/10/346, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_346/referees-report-by-william-turner-thiselton-dyer-on-a-paper-on-the-germination-of-the-seed-of-the-castor-oil-plant-ricinus-communis-by-joseph-reynolds-green, accessed on 13 June 2026

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