Paper, 'An account of the culture and management of saffron in England' by Dr James Douglas
Reference number: CLP/10ii/9
Date: 1728
Description
Paper by Douglas discussing the growing of crocuses between Saffron Walden [Essex] and Cambridgeshire - the 'country of Saffron'. Douglas lists charges and profits for growing saffron at end of paper.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the culture and management of Saffron in England, by James Douglas, M. D. Med. Regin. Extr. & S. R. S'.
Read to the Royal Society on 7 November 1728.
- Reference number
- CLP/10ii/9
- Earliest possible date
- 1728
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 34 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Douglas, Paper, 'An account of the culture and management of saffron in England' by Dr James Douglas, 1728, CLP/10ii/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10ii_9/paper-an-account-of-the-culture-and-management-of-saffron-in-england-by-dr-james-douglas, accessed on 23 June 2025
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VIII. An account of the culture and management of Saffron in England, by James Douglas, M. D. Med. Regin. Extr. & S. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1728
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1727.0060
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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