•Saffron, made from the flower of the crocus, was introduced into England in 1939 by a pilgrim who had smuggled the plant from Tripoli, in North Africa cunningly hidden in a hollow staff. The Greeks used the yellow dye for the garments of kings, and it was sprinkled in the streets of Rome when Nero entered the city.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 19 August 1929, Page 9
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