Blue fountain bush, Rotheca serrata

Blue fountain bush, the blue-flowered glory tree or the beetle killer, Rotheca serrata. Broad-leaved clerodendrum, Clerodendrum macrophyllum. Native to Mauritius, introduced by Southwark brewer Robert Barclay from his gardens at Bury Hill. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London, 1824

1824 Botanical Art Botanical Illustration Botanical Magazine Enlightenment Herb John Curtis Mauritius Plant Hunter Samuel Curtis Weddell William Curtis

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