Memoirs historical and illustrative, of the Botanick Garden at Chelsea ; belonging to the Society of Apothecaries of London / [Henry Field].

  • Field, Henry, 1755-1837.
Date:
1820
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Credit: Memoirs historical and illustrative, of the Botanick Garden at Chelsea ; belonging to the Society of Apothecaries of London / [Henry Field]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6* ing respectability and science of its mem¬ bers, especially of those to whom its go¬ vernment is committed, there can be no doubt it will be continued, Deo adjuvante, with augmented zeal, success, and utility, even to the latest posterity. It is much to be lamented that the early history of this Botanick Garden is involved in very great obscurity. The materials for forming it are extremely defective. It is by no means probable that such a design could have been car* ried into effect without much previous deliberation, without due investigation by the appointment of committees, and such other methods of inquiry as are usually 1673. adopted upon occasions of similar im¬ portance ; but on this the records of the Society are totally silent. From a recital contained in the release of the ground, upon which this garden was laid out, granted many years after this period by Sir Hans Sloane, it appears that Charles Cheyne, Esq. (afterwards Lord Cheyne) by his indenture of lease, bearing