30 JOUENAL OF THE EOYAL HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



In 1733 and 1734 there was a minor revival of the mania, when 

 enormous sums were paid for Double Hyacinths, which occasioned the 

 reprinting of the ' 't Zamenspraeken ' of Gaergoedt, and Waermondt as 

 a warning ; and in the ' Florists' Magazine ' of 1836 (vol. 4, p. 215) 

 I find the following : " The well known taste of the Dutch for Tulips 

 is not diminished. The new Tulip called the 4 Citadel of Antwerp ' 

 has been purchased for 16,000 francs (£650 sterling) by an amateur 

 at Amsterdam." 



At the present day new varieties sometimes change hands for large 

 sums, but a repetition of the mania is not likely to occur. 



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