Autumn Snowflake and Meadow Saffrons, from 'Hortus Eystettensis', by Basil Besler (1561-1629), pub.

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I Leucoium bulbosum Autumnale tenuifolium; II Colchicum vulgare plyanthos; III Colchicum bitlorum; IIII Colchicum vulgare album; V Colchicum vulgare purpura scente flore; Besler was an apothecary in Nuremberg and was in charge of the gardens at the Prince Bishop near Eichstat;

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