An introductory address, delivered at Apothecaries' Hall, to the Members of that Society, on Wednesday the 11th of February 1835 : being the first of their evening meetings, designed to promote social intercourse, as well as professional improvement / by Henry field.

  • Field, Henry, 1755-1837.
Date:
1835
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An introductory address, delivered at Apothecaries' Hall, to the Members of that Society, on Wednesday the 11th of February 1835 : being the first of their evening meetings, designed to promote social intercourse, as well as professional improvement / by Henry field. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    19/32 page 19
    the Society in perpetuity, by that excellent bot- anist, and liberal patron of science. Sir Ilans Sloane, Bart., who, upon more occasions than one, was subsequently a generous benefactor and promoter of its success. 1 “ The year 1732 was a period of great im- portance in the history of Chelsea Garden ; what was the state of the buildings belonging to it at this time, whether as it regards the cultivation of plants, and their preservation, or as it respects the comfort and accommodation of the gardener, we are totally ignorant. But the Society at this time, very highly to its credit, formed a design, and began to carry into effect a plan for erecting a fabric, calculated to subserve both these purposes, upon a scale of extent and elegance, which would, at the same time, reflect honour upon its mem- bers, and embrace the most approved methods then known, of raising and bringing to maturity the more delicate productions of foreign countries, by imitating as nearly as possible the various temperatures of their native climates.” This building was commenced, and the first stone laid by Sir Hans Sloane, in August 1732, in the presence of the Master and Wardens, and completed within two years, at an expense of nearly 1900/., which being a much larger sum 1 p. 39. b 2
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3