Hardee peppertree or Chilean pepper tree, Schinus polygama. (Amyris polygama, Balsamer polygame.) Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Rebel, drawn and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanicalillustrators of the 19th century.
Hardee peppertree or Chilean pepper tree, Schinus polygama. (Amyris polygama, Balsamer polygame.) Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Rebel, drawn and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanicalillustrators of the 19th century.