CHAPTER VI
BULB BARNS, NAMES, AND GROWERS 104
APPENDICES
BY SOPHIE LYALL
PAGE
I
HYACINTH CULTURE AT HAARLEM IN THE EIGHTEENTH 121 CENTURY
II
THE TULIP TRADE, FROM DE KONING’S “HISTORY OF 168 HAARLEM” (1635)
III
THE HYACINTH TRADE, FROM DE KONING’S “TAFEREEL 171 DER STAD HAARLEM” (1808)
INDEX 173
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Het Loo _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
2. The “Berceau,” Het Loo 8
3. Palace Gardens, Het Loo 16
4. Azaleas, Het Loo 24
5. The Return of the Storks 28
6. The Promise of Spring 32
7. A Crocus Field 40
8. Hyacinths scattered on the Sand 48
9. “In emerald tufts, flowers purple, blue, and 56 white, like sapphire, pearl, and rich embroidery”
10. Spanish Irises 64
11. A Bulb Farm near Overveen 68
12. “They spring, they bud, they blossome fresh 72 and faire, and decke the world with their rich pompous showes”
13. Bulb Time, Haarlem 78
14. Tulips in their Prime 84
15. “Here are tulips for you—white, for the 88 bridal or the burial”
16. “Whose leaves with their crimson glow Hide 94 the heart that lies burning and black below”
17. Darwin Tulips 100
18. A Bulb House 104
19. Flower-Market, Haarlem 108
20. Hyacinth Flowers going to Market 112
21. A Bulb-Grower’s Garden 116
22. “When Spring unlocks the flowers to paint 128 the laughing soil”
23. A Boatload of Fragrance 144
24. A Dutch Garden in Spring 160
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