Curtis Botanical – Plate 7136 – Yellow Flax

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 7136. Plant: Reinwardtia Tetragyna (Yellow Flax). Native to: Himalaya / Southwest China. One of the few plants that produces vivid yellow flowers in winter, when almost nothing else is in bloom. Named for a Dutch botanist who explored Java. Related to true flax — the plant behind linen and linseed. 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.