2612296 Heirloom Squash by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522 ??1605) plate published in "Piante Fiori Frutti" (hand coloured engraving). by Italian School, (17th century); University of Bologna Collection, Italy; (add.info.: Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522 ??1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna\'s botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carolus Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history studies. He is usually referred to, especially in older literature, as Androgynous;); Prismatic Pictures .