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A popular phrase in the Dutch flower industry is “Flowers love people”. (0)..IF.. that is true, then
flowers must particularly love the Dutch as they are the biggest flower producers in the world. Flowers have been important to the Dutch
economy ever (1) …. the 17th century when tulips were a symbol (2) …. wealth. This was because they were (3) …. valuable as gold.
Today Holland produces 60% of the flowers sold around the world. But, (4) …. this is a high figure, Dutch flower growers are (5) …. worried
because for the first (6) …. since the Second World War, they are selling 10% fewer flowers.
Columbia has (7) …. become the world`s second biggest flower supplier. This is
because the European Union (8) …. started to give Columbia financial help in selling its flowers around the world in (9) ….to encourage
Columbians to stop growing cocaine. Now that the EU is offering the same kind of help to other developing countries, the Dutch are even
(10) …. worried about their rapidly decreasing importance in the flower industry. However, to make the Dutch do better, the EU (11)
….also provided Ecu 10 million to advertise the flower industry.
The tulip may be the Dutch national symbol, but it isn`t the (12) …. popular flower. The romantic rose (13) …. that position, followed by the
chrysanthemum. Next come the tulip, the lily and the carnation, which was made popular (14) …. the Queen`s father, Prince Bernhard, (15) ….
is always seen wearing one in his buttonhole.