Oh, and more relevantly, "he sent some tulip bulbs to his friend Charles de l'Écluse, who breeded and adapted them to life in the European climate."
What I can find on de l'Écluse, is that he worked in the low countries. While he was French, he died in the Netherlands so I going to guess Busbecq is credited with introducing the tulip to the Netherlands via his friend de l'Écluse.
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:-) 50 TULIPs on their way!
Now... let's see who else is paying attention...
Wrong again... de l'Ecluse was in Vienna when Busbecq sent him the bulbs.
"He received tulip seeds and bulbs from Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq for the Vienna Garden. [Delecluse] experimented with growing them and became an expert, writing his findings in 1601.
He took a collection of the best tulips in western Europe, and spread them by sending them to acquaintances.. The result was that tulip nurseries were established in Holland..."
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