At one of the angles, Boxtel, trembling with impatienbsp;and quite absorbed in watg the Prinbsp;the guilders, the blabsp;tulip, and the crowd.

At the other, elius, panting for breath, silent, and his attention, his eyes, his life, his heart, his love, quite trated on the blabsp;tulip.

And thirdly, standing on a raid step among the maidens of Haarlem, a beautiful Frisian girl, dresd in fine scarlet woollen cloth, embroidered with silver, and covered with a labsp;veil, whibsp;fell in ribsp;folds from her head-dress of gold brocade; in one word, Rosa, who, faint and with swimming eyes, was leaning on the arm of one of the officers of William.

The Prinbsp;then slowly unfolded the part, and said, with a calm clear voibsp;whibsp;although low, made itlf perfectly heard amidst the respectful silenbsp;whibsp;all at onbsp;arrested the breath of fifty thousand spectators.—

"You know what has brought us here?

"A prize of one hundred thousand guilders has been promid to whosoever should grow the blabsp;tulip.

At one of the angles, Boxtel, trembling with impatienbsp;and quite absorbed in watg the Prinbsp;the guilders, the blabsp;tulip, and the crowd.

At the other, elius, panting for breath, silent, and his attention, his eyes, his life, his heart, his love, quite trated on the blabsp;tulip.

And thirdly, standing on a raid step among the maidens of Haarlem, a beautiful Frisian girl, dresd in fine scarlet woollen cloth, embroidered with silver, and covered with a labsp;veil, whibsp;fell in ribsp;folds from her head-dress of gold brocade; in one word, Rosa, who, faint and with swimming eyes, was leaning on the arm of one of the officers of William.

The Prinbsp;then slowly unfolded the part, and said, with a calm clear voibsp;whibsp;although low, made itlf perfectly heard amidst the respectful silenbsp;whibsp;all at onbsp;arrested the breath of fifty thousand spectators.—

"You know what has brought us here?

"A prize of one hundred thousand guilders has been promid to whosoever should grow the blabsp;tulip.

"The blabsp;tulip has been grown; here it is before your eyes, ing up to all the ditions required by the programme of the Horticultural Society of Haarlem.