Dahlias Brighten
a Market Square:
Utrecht
Rome garrisoned Utrecht by
A.D. 48. Today the Nether
lands' ancient city holds Satur
day morning flower marts in
this brick-paved square.
National Geographic Society
Kodachromes by Gilbert M. Grosvenor
and Charles Neave (upper)
Dutch engineers key the na
tion's master water-level plan
to mean water level at Amster
dam. Thousands of farm acres
lie below this level. By ma
nipulating gates, lowlanders such
as this flower grower can raise
or lower the water table beneath
individual crops. Bulbs, for ex
ample, like a constant water
level.
Harvesting, the farmer pulls
his barge with a hooked pole.
He will take the loaded boat
directly into the near-by auction
building (page 393). Water
lilies grow wild.
Fields of Bloom
Make a Crazy Quilt
in Aalsmeer
