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Haarlem
,
having
placed
on
exhibition
its
favourite
,
having
advertised
its
love
of
flowers
in
general
and
of
tulips
in
particular
,
at
a
period
when
the
souls
of
men
were
filled
with
war
and
sedition
,
--
Haarlem
,
having
enjoyed
the
exquisite
pleasure
of
admiring
the
very
purest
ideal
of
tulips
in
full
bloom
,
--
Haarlem
,
this
tiny
town
,
full
of
trees
and
of
sunshine
,
of
light
and
shade
,
had
determined
that
the
ceremony
of
bestowing
the
prize
should
be
a
fete
which
should
live
for
ever
in
the
memory
of
men
.
So
much
the
more
reason
was
there
,
too
,
in
her
determination
,
in
that
Holland
is
the
home
of
fetes
;
never
did
sluggish
natures
manifest
more
eager
energy
of
the
singing
and
dancing
sort
than
those
of
the
good
republicans
of
the
Seven
Provinces
when
amusement
was
the
order
of
the
day
.
Study
the
pictures
of
the
two
Teniers
.
It
is
certain
that
sluggish
folk
are
of
all
men
the
most
earnest
in
tiring
themselves
,
not
when
they
are
at
work
,
but
at
play
.
Thus
Haarlem
was
thrice
given
over
to
rejoicing
,
for
a
three-fold
celebration
was
to
take
place
.
In
the
first
place
,
the
black
tulip
had
been
produced
;
secondly
,
the
Prince
William
of
Orange
,
as
a
true
Hollander
,
had
promised
to
be
present
at
the
ceremony
of
its
inauguration
;
and
,
thirdly
,
it
was
a
point
of
honour
with
the
States
to
show
to
the
French
,
at
the
conclusion
of
such
a
disastrous
war
as
that
of
1672
,
that
the
flooring
of
the
Batavian
Republic
was
solid
enough
for
its
people
to
dance
on
it
,
with
the
accompaniment
of
the
cannon
of
their
fleets
.
The
Horticultural
Society
of
Haarlem
had
shown
itself
worthy
of
its
fame
by
giving
a
hundred
thousand
guilders
for
the
bulb
of
a
tulip
.
The
town
,
which
did
not
wish
to
be
outdone
,
voted
a
like
sum
,
which
was
placed
in
the
hands
of
that
notable
body
to
solemnise
the
auspicious
event
.
And
indeed
on
the
Sunday
fixed
for
this
ceremony
there
was
such
a
stir
among
the
people
,
and
such
an
enthusiasm
among
the
townsfolk
,
that
even
a
Frenchman
,
who
laughs
at
everything
at
all
times
,
could
not
have
helped
admiring
the
character
of
those
honest
Hollanders
,
who
were
equally
ready
to
spend
their
money
for
the
construction
of
a
man-of-war
--
that
is
to
say
,
for
the
support
of
national
honour
--
as
they
were
to
reward
the
growth
of
a
new
flower
,
destined
to
bloom
for
one
day
,
and
to
serve
during
that
day
to
divert
the
ladies
,
the
learned
,
and
the
curious
.
At
the
head
of
the
notables
and
of
the
Horticultural
Committee
shone
Mynheer
van
Systens
,
dressed
in
his
richest
habiliments
.
The
worthy
man
had
done
his
best
to
imitate
his
favourite
flower
in
the
sombre
and
stern
elegance
of
his
garments
;
and
we
are
bound
to
record
,
to
his
honour
,
that
he
had
perfectly
succeeded
in
his
object
.
