Curtis Botanical – Plate 8835 – Harold's Heath

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8835.

A South African Cape heath named for Harold Pearson, founder of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town — one of the world's great botanical gardens, established specifically to conserve South Africa's extraordinary fynbos flora. The Cape Floristic Region has more plant species per square kilometre than the Amazon rainforest.

Official flower: National Flower of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (heather family). Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and broader Celtic heritage customers will respond to the heather family 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.