| Reference number | CLP/10i/61 |
| 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 1736, pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane' by Isaac Rand |
| Date | 1737 |
| 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 fifty plants from Chelsea-Garden, presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the year 1736. pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Rag. & Soc. Reg. Præs. by Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S. Hort. Chel. Præf. ac Prælec Botan'.
Read to the Royal Society on 16 March 1737. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 2p |
| 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.1737.0028
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40 (1737), p 143 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/21/18 |
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 |