Show SWINDLE LE RECALLED The visit of oC former President Roose Roosevelt RooseVElt Roosevelt velt to the national n tulip show at atH Harlem Haarlem H in Holland recalls a gigan gigantic tic tie swindle of the seventeenth century The tulip is a native of Central Asia and found Its way Into Turkey hun hundreds hundreds hundreds of years ago Specimens of ot the flower were seen and admired there by Conrad Gesner in 1559 Gesner G er brought the tho tulip from Tur Turkey Turkey Turkey key to Augsburg Germany In the abovementioned ed year From there It was wag transplanted to other countries and ano In the early part of ot the seven seventeenth seventeenth seventeenth century Originating g in in The Netherlands the the tulip mania as it has since been called spread over Europe Eu Europe rope X pe While the craze was at Its height as high as was paid for tor one bulb and there was the wildest kind oL or speculation peculation Shares were frequently sold S In a single bulb and stock stocie std sold in in Jn companies mp which existed sted only on onS onI 11 I S paper and possessed not net even the of a bulb The crash finally came and the spec speculation speculation speculation resulted as disastrously as the South Sea bubble Thousands Th of ot speculators were irretrievably ruined and It was a long time before Holland recovered from the tulip mania The Dutch however patiently set setto setto setto to work and began to cultivate the flower in earnest with the result res lt that there are 1800 recognized varieties grown in The Netherlands and nd pounds of or bulbs are shipped every year to the United States Great things from small beginnings grow and to Conrad visit to Constantinople In 1559 the Holland Hollanders Hollanders ers are indebted for tor the tulip industry |