On February 23rd, representatives of the growers decided that while purchases before November 30, 1636, that is, the last planting season, are still binding, those made afterwards could be canceled and buyers were to pay 10% of the sale price to compensate. A preemptive decision, considering that the Tulp trade started amongst the wealthy and it was only since December that it attracted the masses from lower social classes, and they could not realistically be expected to be able to pay anyway. When one of the growers hurled her to the ground as he exited the assembly chamber, her tunic suffered a little, but she nevertheless managed to bloom a year later in the pot by the windowsill of a cleaner who found her rolling about in front of the building. She was a black Viceroy.
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