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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