Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.12590

    'Horseradish root'

    Date
    1682
    Creator
    Creator - Organisation
    W Rawlin, Publisher
    After
    Nehemiah Grew (1641 - 1712, British) , Botanist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 266mm
    width (plate): 303mm
    height (page): 345mm
    width (page): 365mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
    Description
    Botanical studies of the root of the Horseradish plant Armoracia rusticana with magnified cross section showing the arrangement of cells.

    Inscribed ‘Tab 15. Fig.1 The small end of Hors Radish Root. Fig.2. The same magnifyd.’

    Plate 15 from The anatomy of plants by Nehemiah Grew printed by W Rawlins (London, 1682).
    Associated place
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          > United Kingdom
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