Single Early Tulips, Plate 70

This chromolithographic plate from A. C. Van Eeden's *Flora of Haarlem* displays four cultivated tulip varieties against a pale green ground. The artist Arentine H. Arendsen rendered each bloom with botanical precision while capturing the striped and flame-patterned petals characteristic of Dutch tulip breeding. The specimens—labeled *Duchesse de Parma*, *Vermillion Brillant*, *Keizerskroon*, and *Chrysoglora*—represent the horticultural achievement of Haarlem's nurseries, which dominated European flower commerce in the nineteenth century. Chromolithography allowed publishers to reproduce such detailed color studies economically for both scientific and commercial audiences, making botanical knowledge and market catalogs accessible to collectors and gardeners alike.