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History of  roken tulip Tulip cultivation likely began in  Persia  (Iran) in the 10th century, and it eventually became a  symbol  of the  Ottoman Empire . Tulips were introduced to the Western world by  Augier Ghislain de Busbecq , the Viennese  ambassador  to Turkey, who wrote of seeing the plants in Edirne, Turkey, in 1551 and later sent some seeds to Austria. The arrival at  Antwerp  in 1562 of a cargo of tulip bulbs from  Constantinople  (now Istanbul) marked the beginning of the horticultural tulip industry in Europe. An early recipient of these flowers was French botanist  Carolus Clusius , who was an  avid   bulb  grower and is often credited with the spread of other spring bulbs, such as  hyacinths  and  irises , across Europe. In the 1590s he established a botanic garden at the  University of Leiden  and  cultivated  tulips there. In 1596 and again in 1598, b...