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Name:
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No Tulips in Hawaii
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Size:
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42" x 42"
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Pattern Description:
Each Patten includes:
Full color picture
Detailed Directions
Full Size Pattern.
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Description:
Sometimes the tulip inspired men to do great things - write poetry,
plant beautiful gardens, devote a lifetime to breeding the flower - but
it also brought out their darker side. In their quest to possess the
tulip, collectors bickered, stole, gambled and squandered fortunes, no
doubt leaving a trail of misery behind. For some, the goal was to plant
en masse, to impress people with their great wealth. For others, the
desire to possess or create a particular color or shape in the flower
was paramount, and their activities were secret: even one bulb was
enough so long as it was the only one and they owned it. Many times a
Dutch girl's dowry was a single tulip bulb. We tend to think of the
original tulips as coming from Turkey, but they were also found in
Russia, Near the Black Sea and in Crimea - areas that once belonged to
the Turkish or Ottoman Empire. The name tulip is said to have come from
the Turkish tuliban or turban - men often tucked a tulip in their
turban.
Thanks to the Dutch, we now have literally thousands of varieties of
tulip. Dutch interest in the flower has never ceased and they continue
to be the main breeders growers and exporters of both the bulbs and cut
flowers.
Source: Tulip, by Liz Dobbs. Quadrille Publishing Limited
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