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 plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & 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.