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RefNoRBO/7/55
AltRefNoRBO.7.120
LevelItem
Title'Concerning several Plants may be usefully cultivated for Produceing Grass or Hay' by Martin Lister
Datend
DescriptionTaken from two letters
Details about the soil in Yorkshire - the need to put clay in sandy soil; lists some plants to improve agriculture- that planting 'white briony' would make good grass or corn
LanguageEnglish
Extent4 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 225 (1695), p 412
RelatedRecordCLP/10i/34
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8382Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist1639 - 1712
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