Punch,  4 (1843), 194.

The Botanical Society

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Botany, Societies


    Provides a spoof report on an unsatisfactory paper on 'French leaves' at the Botanical Society that concerned 'a clump of spinach picked out of the middle of the High Street, at Sandwich'. Other presentations at the society include a proposal to travel to Cos to investigate the cos lettuce.



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