Curtis Botanical – Plate 6323 – Asian Butterfly Bush / White Weeping Butterfly Bush

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6323.

A fragrant Asian butterfly bush with long, drooping white flower spikes (not the familiar purple of the common butterfly bush). Powerfully honey-scented — the fragrance can fill a large garden.

South and Southeast Asian heritage connection.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This is an original uncolored (plain) plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, printed in London. It was issued uncolored and never bound. We bought the holding at the estate of a Chicago rare bookseller. Labels and stock papers from the British dealer Wheldon & Wesley came with it. Library stamps, when present, are noted on the listing.