Curtis Botanical – Plate 8860 – Mudgee Wattle / Glory Wattle

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8860. Plant: Acacia Spectabilis (Mudgee Wattle / Glory Wattle). Native to: Eastern Australia. Birth flower: September (wattle / mimosa family). Spectabilis means spectacular — and the dense golden pompom flowers earn the name. Australia's national floral emblem is a wattle; wattle gold and green are the colors of Australian sport. A flower of genuine national significance. 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.