Whatever one sees tulips one thinks of Holland. And it is true that since the end of the 16th century this century this country in particular has cultivated and exported them to the rest of the world. Much has been written about the cultivation of tilups in Holland. In particular the “windhandel”, the unbridled speculation in tulp bulbs in the 17th century which resulted in thousands of guilders being paid for a single bulb, has attracted the attention of both scholars and journalists.