Curtis Botanical – Plate 8481 – Haynald's Agave

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8481.

Plant: Agave Haynaldii (Haynald's Agave). Native to: Mexico (Sierra Madre).

Named for Lajos Haynald, a Hungarian Cardinal and serious amateur botanist — one of botany's more unlikely patrons. Like all agaves, it blooms once in its lifetime, sending up a towering flower spike before dying. Symbolizes endurance and patient reward.

Printed in London. Each print is an original page removed from a bound volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's oldest continuously published botanical journal (founded 1787). Uncolored plate. Sold individually. Minor age-related toning consistent with 19th-century paper.

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.