Among those - from humble artisans to nobility - who had been caught up in the tulip craze, many were ruined, reduced to bankruptcy by investment beyond anything reasonable for a fashionable flower.
The Netherlands would not be the natural first choice for anyone starting a flower-growing business today were it not for the fact that the business is already there.
At Linwood Park, where Patty sometimes organized athletics for the kids, Connie sat by herself on the grass, unbored, her hands fashioning a clover-flower ring for nobody, and let the minutes stream past her until Joey took his turn at bat or moved the soccer ball down the field and quickened her interest momentarily.
Matt Prior, Tim Ambrose and Steve Davies have all pulled on the gloves for England this winter, but Foster does have the advantage of having played with acting coach Andy Flower, a former wicketkeeper for Zimbabwe, at Essex.
The months-old eatery, called De Jong, is gaining a lot of buzz for its flower, herb and vegetable-based menu, offering dishes such as cold smoked salmon covered in tulip leaves and homemade pancetta served over local flowers.
Casa blanca lilies, for example, are "a big, beautiful flower that's amazing but is sometimes overbearing, " he says.
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At one point government officials refused to allow Gulestan employees to operate their distillery for weeks, forcing them to miss a crucial flower harvest.
The Venus flower basket, for example, a kind of deep-sea sponge, has spiny skeletal outgrowths that are remarkably similar, both in appearance and optical properties, to commercial optical fibres, notes Joanna Aizenberg, a researcher at Lucent Technology's Bell Laboratories in New Jersey.
With new names blended with young talent and veteran grit, Flower believes Essex are good enough for a place in the top three, if not to win the division.
All of the pieces are embellished with filigree petal cut stones, honoring the Grace de Monaco pink rose, a flower named after Kelly in 1956 for her wedding day.
At the same time, they contain petals around the flower which suggests they provide a landing platform for bees.
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Earlier, Zimbabwe's openers Grant Flower and Neil Johnson provided a good base for a big total in their innings, by achieving a stand of 59 off 14.3 overs, but the Africans failed to capitalise on the good start.
In Thailand, bottles of lotus flower extract are just a few baht, perfect for rejuvenating dry skin.
Always wearing a flower on his lapel, Dawson was also known for his witty banter with the contestants.
Smith added 28 runs before becoming a rare Grant Flower victim and Marillier despatched Nick Pothas for 16 before late fireworks by Kenway and Mascarenhas.
This is a huge competitive advantage for a new entrant, who can benefit from such things as the sophisticated Dutch flower auctions, the flower-growers' associations and the country's advanced research centres.
There are also the moments at the end of a long week (with music turned up and a glass of wine at hand) of happily making flower arrangements for the entire house.
Members of the Atlanta-based band Black Lips describe their music as "flower punk, " which sounds suspiciously like a term made up for the purposes of a press release.
"Liam Plunkett has been part of the England performance programme and England Lions squad this winter so we are confident that he will be ready to play a role for England should the need arise, " said England team director Andy Flower.
As the flower became more popular, it became a highly sought after status symbol for people.
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For example, honey resulting from various flowers is less expensive than from a single kind of flower.
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The Paulton side includes a mechanic, a water-treatment engineer and three players who work for manager Jones at his wholesale flower business in Bristol.
Team director Andy Flower insisted Flintoff will not be picked if he is not going be fit for a full five days.
Mr Sarkozy had to work for two years in an ice-cream parlour to finance his law degree, and as a flower-delivery boy in order to help the family make ends meet.
They are heading for around 15% under Krista Sager, a tough Realpolitikerin about as far as could be from the flower-power children who founded the Greens in the late 1970s.
The England and Wales Cricket Board's decision not to name a replacement for Moores on this trip has led to suggestions the team has no direction, but Flower argued the build-up for the tour had gone well.
Best production design went to Casino Royale, while Curse of the Golden Flower won in the period film category and Pan's Labyrinth's took the prize for a fantasy film.
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