RefNo | CLP/10i/50 |
Level | Item |
Title | Catalogue, 'A catalogue, of the of 50 plants, from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal Society by , for the year 1724 by the Company of Apothecaries' by Mr Is [Isaac] Rand |
Date | 1724 |
Description | List of botanical specimens by Isaac Rand. The Company of Apothecaries of London had established a physic garden in 1673. Sloane had granted them part of his estate and manor of Chelsea on condition that it would be kept by the Company as a physic garden. As evidence of this, the Company were asked to present 50 specimens of plants annually which had been grown there in the previous year.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A catalogue of the 50 Plants, from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal Society, for the year 1724 by the company of Apothecaries, pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. Pr. Coll. Med. S. P. V. Pr. By Mr. Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S'.
Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1725. |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0057 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 33 (1724), p 305 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/12/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA1077 | Rand; Isaac (1674 - 1743) | 1674 - 1743 |
NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |