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