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Tulip Mania: How a Plant Virus Fueled a Speculative Frenzy: Media

My kingdom for a…tulip?

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garden tulips
Tulips (Tulipa species) emerging from bulbs in the spring.
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“Flowers in a Glass and Fruit” by Jan Davidsz. de Heem
A single Semper Augustus tulip catches the eye in this striking floral still life....
Courtesy of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; photograph, G. Reinhold, Leipzig-Molkau