In the 1630s, a craze developed in Holland for this flower, with many investors paying huge sums for individual bulbs
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rapidly came to be prized above all other flowers, and the well-to-do were willing 
to pay ... developed in Holland alone.5 Many were named for the bulb's original 
owner... [DOC] [TLE] Tulipmania: Money, Honour, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age [PAR] The feverish speculation in tulip bulbs which reached a peak in February 1637, ... 
of Dutch society were involved in the speculation in tulip bulbs, with many of ... for 
collecting and trading in specimens of this new flower which developed in the ... 
agreed to pay very large sums for bulbs at the peak of the boom, in the event... [DOC] [TLE] Late Flowering - Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted ... [PAR] But if the tulip ceased to be a public craze, it remained a private passion.