Chapter VI: Bulb Barns, Names, and Growers 104

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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

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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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DUTCH BULBS & GARDENS