White-barred bromelia. Bromelia zebrina. Pink bromelia with white-barred leaves, a parasitic plant from South America.. Illustration by William Herbert, engraved by Weddell. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtis's "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" 1826. Herbert (1778-1847) was a clergyman, classical scholar, poet and botanist. A keen gardener, he was an expert on bulbous plants and developed many new varieties.. Samuel Curtis, cousin and son-in-law to William Curtis, took over the Botanical Magazine in 1826. Samuel re-named it "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" and enlisted the help of William Jackson Hooker, Professor of Botany at Glasgow University. Samuel Curtis' daughters (Miss C and C.M) drew the illustrations for the magazine. C.M. Curtis also drew illustrations for Forbe Royle's "Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains" 1833 and Lindley's "Pomologia Britannica" 1841.