Curtis Botanical – Plate 272 – Square Leaved Corn-flag

Tab inscription: Gladiolus Tristis. Square Leaved Corn-flag

Publication year (from worksheet): 1794

Notes: Liverpool Library

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine.

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.