{"product_id":"chinese-swamp-cypress-water-pine-plate-5603","title":"Curtis Botanical – Plate 5603 – Chinese Swamp Cypress \/ Water Pine","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 5603.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA living fossil — one of the rarest trees in the world, almost extinct in the wild with perhaps fewer than 1,000 mature trees remaining in southern China and Vietnam. It is the last surviving species of a genus that once stretched across the entire Northern Hemisphere, including the site of modern Chicago, 50 million years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChinese and Vietnamese heritage connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon \u0026amp; Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Curtis Botanical Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43000222318655,"sku":"CBM-5603","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3570\/0543\/files\/21eef19c70cd80276e05d6b484a8ff6a.jpg?v=1773273621","url":"https:\/\/thriftywhiskers.com\/products\/chinese-swamp-cypress-water-pine-plate-5603","provider":"Thrifty Whiskers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}