Australian Gastrolobium retusum. Blunt-leaved Gastrolobium Curtis botanical antique print c1834

by Curtis, Samuel

Australian botanical illustration of Decandria Monogynia or Gastrolobium retusum, with enlarged detail of the flower below. "..from seed brought home by Dr. Lang, from New Holland.."

Original finely engraved antique print by Swan after a drawing by James McNab for "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed" published in London circa 1834 by Samuel Curtis.

Curtis’s Botanical Magazine which was begun in 1787 by the Praefectus Hortis (horticultural boss) at Chelsea Physic Gardens, Willliam Curtis, to encourage the cultivation of rare wild plants, by illustrating new species that were being introduced into England. This beautifully illustrated work has been published continuously for over 230 years - now as “The Kew Magazine”.

Size of page 230 x 150mm (9 x 6 inches).