European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Blooming Good time in Holland through ten million tulips will burst Forth in Early May and convert Keuk Inhof gardens into a riot of color. The gardens at list Between Haarlem and Leiden Are the show place of Holland s Tulip Industry. Because of the severe Winter the tulips ant late coming out this year said Fred Aken Gar Den Secretary. The 60-acre Flower Garden which Dales bade to the 15lh Century when it was a private estate will be open to visitors until late in May. The annual National Flower exhibition has been in Progress since March 28. Fun Hundred varieties of tulips and eight Miles of paths for Spring meandering Ore among the attractions. Also in la grounds Are statues a restaurant two greenhouses with Neiby is an ancient Windmill from which there i a panoramic View of the gardens. Tulips have the spotlight but other Flowers also have their hour in the Sun among them Narcissuss daffodils and hyacinths. Among the varieties of tulips on display Are the president Kennedy Princess Ann Gen Eisenhower Princess Grace Bing Crosby and Pearl s. Buck. Visitors May put in orders for the various varieties of bulbs at Booths located throughout the Garden. Orders of bulbs will be mailed in october to . Or other addresses. Some 20,000 acres Are planted in Holland annually. Of this total 2,800 acres an in daffodils and Narcissuss 1,300 in hyacinths 7,300 in tulips and the remain ing 8,600 acres in other bulbs. But Keuken Hof is the nation s showplace where the growers exhibit their Best. And for about 50 cents the visitor can see the National Flower in All its glory. Odice Mcdaniel tulips take the spotlight but gardens also feature a variety of other Flowers. In today May 2. 1963 severe Winter delayed Blooming this year. The staks and stripes still another dutch treat. Page 11