RefNo | CLP/10ii/3 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Observations on some of the plants in New England, with remarkable instances of the nature and power of vegetation' in a letter from Paul Dudley to the publisher |
Date | 1720s |
Description | Dudley describes the fruit of apple trees, pear trees, and peach trees and compares them to English varieties. He also describes the physical appearance of buttonwood [American sycamore] trees, sassafras trees, and locust trees, as well as the heartiness of pumpkin seeds and corn.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as '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, Esq; F. R. S'.
Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1724. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0047 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 33 (1724), p 194 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/12/10 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7811 | Dudley; Paul (1675 - 1751) | 1675 - 1751 |