This is a piece of the Beemster, the polder that was created 400 years ago. After the draining of the former lake by order of the merchants of Amsterdam, they subsequently built there their pleasure-grounds here. The rest of the new land was destined for agriculture and cattle-raising, horticulture and orchards. The rectangular shape of the plots, designed behind a desk, gives the Beemster its special lay-out, which was later applied in the city of New York. In our time we see new pleasure-grounds arise, such as the Long House on the Jisperweg in Westbeemster, of which this flower is a small fragment.