Makers of British botany : a collection of biographies by living botanists / edited by F.W. Oliver.

Date:
1913
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Credit: Makers of British botany : a collection of biographies by living botanists / edited by F.W. Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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