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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![date the 29th of August 1673, did demise 1673. and grant unto the Master, Wardens, and Society of the art and mystery of Apothe¬ caries of the City of London, their succes¬ sors and assigns, the piece and parcel of ground and premises therein mentioned, to hold from Michaelmas then next ensu¬ ing, unto the full end and term of sixty- one years, at the yearly rent of 5L It is singular, that the first mention made of the garden at Chelsea, in the minute books of the Society, should be in a way purely incidental. It is there stated (21st June) that several members proposed to 1674. build a wall round Chelsea garden at their own expence, with the assistance of such subscriptions, as they might be able to procure] provided the Court of Assistants would agree to pay 2/. every year for ever to each of the six Herbarizings, which proposal was accepted. The proprietors of the Laboratory Stock gave 50/. towards the building of this wall, on the condition that they were to be allowed a piece of ground in the garden for herbs.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31888331_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
