| Reference number | CLP/10i/53 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Catalogue, 'A catalogue of the fifty plants from Chelsea-Garden, presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the year 1728; pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane' by Isaac Rand |
| Date | 1728 |
| Description | Manuscript annotation on reverse reads 'To be corrected by Rand in the Haymarket'. 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 fifty plants from Chelsea-Garden, presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries, for the year 1728; pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. Præs. Col. Reg. Med. & Soc. Reg'.
Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1729. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0031
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36 (1729), p 219 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/14/93 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1077 | Rand; Isaac (1674 - 1743) | 1674 - 1743 |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |