CHAPTER Ⅰ．A GRATEFUL PEOPLE 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ．THE TWO BROTHERS 11
CHAPTER Ⅲ．THE PUPIL OF JOHN DE WITT 21
CHAPTER Ⅳ．THE MURDERERS 31
CHAPTER Ⅴ．THE TULIP-FANCIER AND HIS NEIGHBOUR 42
CHAPTER Ⅵ．THE HATRED OF A TULIP-FANCIER 51
CHAPTER Ⅶ．THE HAPPY MAN MAKES ACQUAINTANCE WITH MISFORTUNE 59
CHAPTER Ⅷ．AN INVASION 70
CHAPTER Ⅸ．THE FAMILY CELL 78
CHAPTER Ⅹ．THE JAILER＇S DAUGHTER 83
CHAPTER Ⅺ．CORNELIUS VAN BAERLE＇S WILL 88
CHAPTER Ⅻ．THE EXECUTION 100
CHAPTER ⅩⅢ．WHAT WAS GOING ON ALL THIS TIME IN THE MIND OF ONE OF THE SPECTATORS 104
CHAPTER ⅩⅣ．THE PIGEONS OF DORT 109
CHAPTER ⅩⅤ．THE LITTLE GRATED WINDOW 114
CHAPTER ⅩⅥ．MASTER AND PUPIL 121
CHAPTER ⅩⅦ．THE FIRST BULB 128
CHAPTER ⅩⅧ．ROSA＇S LOVER 137
CHAPTER ⅩⅨ．THE MAID AND THE FLOWER 144
CHAPTER ⅩⅩ．WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE DURING THOSE EIGHT DAYS 151
CHAPTER ⅩⅪ．THE SECOND BULB 161
CHAPTER ⅩⅫ．THE BLOOMING OF THE FLOWER 169
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ．THE ENVIOUS MAN 176
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ．IN WHICH THE BLACK TULIP CHANGES MASTERS 183
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ．PRESIDENT VAN SYSTENS 187
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ．A MEMBER OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 195
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ．THE THIRD BULB 204
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ．THE SONG OF THE FLOWERS 212
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ．IN WHICH VAN BAERLE，BEFORE LEAVING LOEWESTEIN，SETTLES ACCOUNTS WITH GRYPHUS 220
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ．WHEREIN THE READER BEGINS TO HAVE AN INKLING OF THE KIND OF PUNISHMENT THAT WAS AWAITING CORNELIUS VAN BAERLE 227
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ．HARLEM 231
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅫ．A LAST REQUEST 238
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．CONCLUSION 243