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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![taken, and completed in less than two 1732. years *. Daring the present year the court made an order, which still further evinced their disposition to forward the cultivation of Botanick knowledge. It was that 20/. per Annum be paid by the Society towards the expense of sending a person to Georgia, to collect trees and plants, and to make experiments concerning raising them in England, which sum was in the following 1733. # Tn the bed of a Plinth to the middle break in the front of the green-house lies, inclosed in lead, a copper Plate, on which is engraven the following inscription, viz. This was the first stone laid by the hands of Sir Hans Sloane, Donor of this Garden to perpetuity, for the improvement of useful knowledge. August 12th, 1732. Mr. William Withers, Master of the Society of Apothecarys, Mr. Ralph Forster, Robt. Harris, Esq. ] Wardens. Edward Oakley, Architect.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31888331_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
