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RefNoCLP/10i/29
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An account of two plants lately brought from the Cape of Good Hope' by unknown author
Date[1692]
DescriptionCharles Chamberlain presented the Royal Society with two branches with fruit from a silver pine tree brought from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr Goddard. The author describes the tree in depth.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of two plants lately brought from the Cape of Good-hope'.

Communicated by Hans Sloane. Read to the Royal Society on 26 April 1692.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1693.0018
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 17 (1693), p 664
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
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