Curtis Botanical – Plate 6630 – Queen of Dracaenas / Goldie's Dragon Tree

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6630.

Named for Hugh Goldie, a Scottish missionary who collected in the Niger Delta region of West Africa in the 1850s-70s. One of the most spectacular foliage plants ever introduced to cultivation — its enormous leaves are a rich green crosshatched with silver and pale green bands, creating a pattern like reptile scales.

Nigerian, Cameroonian, and West African heritage communities in Chicago.

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.