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A Considering the beauty \ which it brings to spring gardens and its Dutch connection, the tulip is an obvious. and appropriate selection to highlight Cape May's tribute to its founder. Captain Corneluis Jacobsen Mey. Not so obvious, and indeed largely unknown, are the origins of the tulip, thought it has been a colorful part of western history — and flower beds — for some 400 years. "Tulipa or Dalmation Cup is a strange and foreign floure," wrote an Englishman in 1597. At that time the tulip had been . known in England for some 10 years. A S T R A D E and diplomatic felations between Europe and the Far East expa-nded. new varieties and colors continued to appear in | England and on the J Continent. The flower was soon to be found in all sorts of gardens, from small cottage yards to elaborate for- . mal displays. [ Writing in 1629. an | English botanist describes the tulip: ". . besides this glory of variety of colours they carry so stately and delightful a forme and do abide so long in their I bravery that there is no I Lady or Gentlewoman of any worth that is not caught up with this delight." L The first recorded I descriptions of the flower I are found in 1556 in Turkey,

where the flower grew proliifically. The early Greeks (apparently took no note of \this striking flower, as several species appear in digfenous to the area. ONE; ART TREASURE, a blaefc Minoan pottery; jar, is decorated with silhouetted white tulips. Since Minoan designates an advanced prehistoric culture that flourished on the Greek island of Crete from about 3000 to 1100 B.C., the jar suggests truly ancient origins for the tulip. The Minoan artifact by itself offers evidence that someone long ago admired the flower enough to use it in an art piece fashioned with care. Why then, was this handsome flower ignored for some 5,000 years'' If the tulip was a common plant in the Eastern world, ohe would expect to find evidence of it in myths, legends, primitive magic and early medicinals. Authorities have found no such mention. THE TULIP DOES not appear in paintings until j the middle of the 16th Cen- < tury in Italian art nor anyearlier in Persian art. A Renaissance gentleman and scholar from Vienna introduced the tulip to Europe. In the middle of the 16th Century. Emperor Ferdinand of the Holy Roman Empire dispatched Ogier Ghislein de Busbecq as his ambassadorto> Constantinople. While there, de Busbecq. apparently an inquisitive man, not only was impressiliaa, iivsi uiuj ntu inipi too

ed by the profusely blooming tulips, but found a rare Fifth Century Greek manuscript which included plant drawings. Among these was the tulip. FINDING HIS purse inadequate to purchase the manuscript, de Busecq later persuaded the emperor to acquire it for the Imperial Library of , Vienna. By 1556 de Busbercq had sent large quantities of tulip seeds and bulbs back to Europe, and they became very popular. Like many imports from the Far East, the flower was considered rare and exotic, and the bulbs were correspondingly expensive. The Dutch interest was so intense that during the 17th Century speculation in bulbs brought about a crisis in their economy.

The Dutch financial hysteria is known historically as Tulipomania. The Dutch had alreadybecome the best fanners and flower growers in

Europe. As their foreign trade and explorations continued to expand, the culture of tulips found its way into the economy. (Page 15 Please)

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