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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

Reference number: RBO/11/100

Date: 1723

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Engraving of crocus attached
Read to the Royal Society on 31 October 1723

Reference number
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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