{"product_id":"st-brn-s-saxifrage-plate-8496","title":"Curtis Botanical – Plate 8496 – Stříbrný's Saxifrage","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8496.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlant: Saxifraga Stribrnyi (Stříbrný's Saxifrage).\nNative to: Balkans (Bulgaria \/ Greece).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stone-breaker — named for its habit of rooting in cliff faces and rock crevices where nothing else grows. Named for a Czech botanist collecting in the Balkans. Saxifrages were prestige plants in Victorian alpine gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Curtis Botanical Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43042097823807,"sku":"CBM-8496","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3570\/0543\/files\/0a07b23e2b1dae0083eaf321095837b9.jpg?v=1774408989","url":"https:\/\/thriftywhiskers.com\/products\/st-brn-s-saxifrage-plate-8496","provider":"Thrifty Whiskers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}