quietly sitting on a coil of ropes finishing the “onion” when the merchant finally caught up with him. In another episode, a visiting amateur botanist saw an interesting-looking root lying in a wealthy Dutchman’s home. Unable to suppress his curiosity, he cut up the pricey Admiral Van der Eyck tulip to study it. The confused botanist, after being dragged by the collar to the local courthouse, found himself in prison until he could raise money to cover the owner’s loss.