Jan Herremans
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IS THE TULIP NATIVE TO HOLLAND?
No, the tulip is a real globetrotter and originates from the high plains of Central-Asia. After many wanderings, the tulip arrived in the Netherlands in the 16th century. A flourishing tulip trade developed in the Netherlands thanks to an ideal growing climate and the business instincts of the Dutch.
The man who played a major part in the tulip’s history and the arrival of the tulip in the Netherlands, was Carolus Clusius, a Flemish scientist, medical doctor and botanist. From 1573 to 1577 he was employed by the Austrian emperor’s court in Vienna as a botanist. Here he received tulip bulbs from another Flemish scientist, named De Busbecq, who had become a friend. De Busbecq had worked for years at the court of the Ottoman Regime, now called Turkey, which was ruled by Suleyman the Great.
Suleyman was a fervent plant enthusiast, and through him De Busbcq became aware of the tulip. At one point, Clusius left for Holland and took along some of the bulbs he had received from De Busbecq. In 1594 he became a professor at the University of Leiden and also the head of the Hortus Botanicus, which was founded in 1590. In the garden, he planted the bulbs he had taken along. He took great care of them and did not want to share his knowledge with anyone. In addition, he did not want to sell any bulbs at all. This backfired on him and one night most of the bulbs were stolen, starting the commercial tulip trade in the Netherlands.
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IS THE TULIP NATIVE TO HOLLAND?
No, the tulip is a real globetrotter and originates from the high plains of Central-Asia. After many wanderings, the tulip arrived in the Netherlands in the 16th century. A flourishing tulip trade developed in the Netherlands thanks to an ideal growing climate and the business instincts of the Dutch.
The man who played a major part in the tulip’s history and the arrival of the tulip in the Netherlands, was Carolus Clusius, a Flemish scientist, medical doctor and botanist. From 1573 to 1577 he was employed by the Austrian emperor’s court in Vienna as a botanist. Here he received tulip bulbs from another Flemish scientist, named De Busbecq, who had become a friend. De Busbecq had worked for years at the court of the Ottoman Regime, now called Turkey, which was ruled by Suleyman the Great.
Suleyman was a fervent plant enthusiast, and through him De Busbcq became aware of the tulip. At one point, Clusius left for Holland and took along some of the bulbs he had received from De Busbecq. In 1594 he became a professor at the University of Leiden and also the head of the Hortus Botanicus, which was founded in 1590. In the garden, he planted the bulbs he had taken along. He took great care of them and did not want to share his knowledge with anyone. In addition, he did not want to sell any bulbs at all. This backfired on him and one night most of the bulbs were stolen, starting the commercial tulip trade in the Netherlands.
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