'Botanical Description of the flower and Seed Vessel of the Plant call'd Crocus Autumnalis Sativus that produces the true English Saffron of the Shops with a Figure' by James Douglas
Reference number: RBO/11/100
Date: 1723
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Engraving of crocus attached
Read to the Royal Society on 31 October 1723
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- RBO/11/100
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- 1723
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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'Botanical Description of the flower and Seed Vessel of the Plant call'd Crocus Autumnalis Sativus that produces the true English Saffron of the Shops with a Figure' by James Douglas, 1723, RBO/11/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_100/botanical-description-of-the-flower-and-seed-vessel-of-the-plant-calld-crocus-autumnalis-sativus-that-produces-the-true-english-saffron-of-the-shops-with-a-figure-by-james-douglas, accessed on 14 November 2025
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Paper, 'A botanical description of the flower and seed-vessel of the crocus autumnalis sativus, that produces the true English safron [saffron] of the shops: with a figure' by Dr James Douglas
Creator: James Douglas Reference number: CLP/10ii/1
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 11, copies of papers communicated 1720-1724
1720-1724 Reference number: RBO/11
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