Chromolithographic plate depicting Taxodium montezumae [Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum], [Ahuehenote de la noche triste], [The Tree of the Sad Night]. Now a ruin, the Tree of the Sad Night was officiallly renamed The Tree of the Victorious Night in 2021. The tree commemorates the events of June 30th, 1520, an important night during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. The book plate bears the imprints 'LAWSON'S PINETUM BRITANNICUM', 'W. Richardson, del et lith', 'Day & Son (Limited) Lith' and 'Ahuehenote de la noche triste'. From the book 'Pinetum Britannicum. Vol II' by Edward Ravenscroft