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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    1718. now be ascertained. He probably re¬ signed it to, or, at least, was assisted in that office by Mr. Rand. He died on the twentieth of April 1718, Sir Hans Sloane and other eminent men, in token of their esteem, attending his funeral as pall¬ bearers. The new ordinances of the Corporation containing some provision for the support of the garden, the master, wardens, and three other members were deputed to wait on Sir Hans Sloane, to acquaint him therewith. It must have been upon this occasion, that the following statement, copied from a written paper among the Sloane MSS. in the British Museum, was sent to Sir Hans Sloane, probably for his approbation. As it differs materially from the estimate before mentioned, and is several years subsequent to it in date, it will be important to insert it. It is entitled, “ a note of paragraphs forty-six and forty-seven, with a calculation of the produce, communibus annis,”