Seed Collection (page 3)

Juglands nigra, black walnut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sorbier des olseleurs
Plate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870

Mancenillier tree
Plate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Red lentils

Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus) adult, feeding on acacia seedpods in tree, Outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Male Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) giving seed to a female Hawfinch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Vintage lettuce seed packet
A lettuce seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba), Liliaceae by Angela Rossi Bottione, watercolor, 1802-1806
Herbal, 18th-19th century. Iconographia Taurinensis. Volume XXXVII, Plate 108 by Angela Rossi Bottione, Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba), Liliaceae

Botanical illustrations, 17th century

Mixture of flower and grass seeds, SEM
Mixture of flower and grass seeds, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is a mixture of seeds for wild meadow plants. It includes flower and grass seeds

Rubber Seeds
APP-2602 Rubber - Seeds Hevea brasiliensis Allen Paterson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Peppercorn Plant
PM-6172A Peppercorn Plant - immature fruit Piper nigrum Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Douglas Fir - cones
JLM-6177 Douglas Fir - cones Pseudotsuga menziesii John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Broad Bean - showing root growth
JD-16083 Broad BEAN - shows roots growing John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Fossil Araucaria Cone, Mid Jurassic. Province Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina
FG-12029 FOSSIL- Araucaria Cone Province Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina. Araucaria mirabilis Mid Jurassic, H. bloc: 21 cm Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Dukkah (dokka), dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and arabic spices and flavors, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

African Elephant - Bull shaking acacia tree to dislodge seedpods which it will then pickup off ground and eat
TOM-839 African Elephant - Bull shaking acacia tree to dislodge seedpods which it will then pick up off ground and eat. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

Blackbird - Male sitting in hawthorn bush in winter, feeding on berries. Harz Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1496 Blackbird - Male sitting in hawthorn bush in winter, feeding on berries. Harz Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany Turdus merula Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display

Cockatiel - in cage feeding
LA-3331 Cockatiel - in cage feeding Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Coco de Mer coconut, Vallee de Mai, Praslin, Seychelles

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), development from bud to seed. Digital composite

Close up of argan seeds ready to be managed to make argan oil, Morocco, Africa

Cotton seeds that have been coated with a seed treatment wait to be planted near Wakita, Oklahoma, U.S. May 11, 2018. Picture taken May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

A passion fruit tree at the nursery of Kokkoya Organics, an urban organic farm in Yangon
A passion fruit tree is pictured at the nursery of Kokkoya Organics, an urban organic farm in Yangon, Myanmar, May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang

The Parable of the Weeds, 1622. Creator: Domenico Fetti
The Parable of the Weeds, 1622.

Seed pods
Christina Sillen

blowing the season
YoungIl Kim

Details
Eduard Andrica

Hidden
Marie-anne Stas

botanical study no. 281
Olivia Joy StClaire

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5305961 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG

Cranberry, cowberry and bog bilberry
5856546 Cranberry, cowberry and bog bilberry; (add.info.: Cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos, cowberry, V. vitis idaea and bog bilberry, V. uliginosum)

Caraway, Carum carvi
5856015 Caraway, Carum carvi; (add.info.: Caraway, Carum carvi. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm

Green and pink seeds of nutmeg and mace, Myristica fragrans Houtt
5855627 Green and pink seeds of nutmeg and mace, Myristica fragrans Houtt.; (add.info.: Green and pink seeds of nutmeg and mace, Myristica fragrans Houtt)

Yellow flowers and leaves of Cheilocostus speciosus
5855620 Yellow flowers and leaves of Cheilocostus speciosus; (add.info.: Yellow flowers and leaves of Cheilocostus speciosus)

Rose-flowering locust tree, Robinia viscosa
5855026 Rose-flowering locust tree, Robinia viscosa; (add.info.: Leaves, flower, pod and seed of the Rose-flowering or clammy locust tree, Robinia viscosa)

Catalpa tree, Bignonia catalpa
5855014 Catalpa tree, Bignonia catalpa; (add.info.: Flowers, leaf, pod and seed of the catalpa tree, Bignonia catalpa. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa)

Nutmeg and mace tree, Myristica fragrans
5856564 Nutmeg and mace tree, Myristica fragrans; (add.info.: Nutmeg and mace tree, Myristica fragrans. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by J. Schaly from G. T)

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5306929 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5306894 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5306873 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5306871 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5306853 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG

French. Coloured illustration. dated circa 1884. depicting a tropical palm with fruit and seeds
5306738 French. Coloured illustration. dated circa 1884. depicting a tropical palm with fruit and seeds.; Universal History Archive/UIG

French. Coloured illustration. dated circa 1884. depicting butterflies and an insect
5306735 French. Coloured illustration. dated circa 1884. depicting butterflies and an insect; Universal History Archive/UIG

Velvet bean or cowitch, Mucuna pruriens
5855139 Velvet bean or cowitch, Mucuna pruriens; (add.info.: Velvet bean or cowitch, Mucuna pruriens. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Sweet locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos
5855028 Sweet locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos; (add.info.: Leaf, pod and seed of the sweet or honey locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos)

Common alder tree, Alnus surrulata, and black alder, Alnus glauca (engraving)
5855024 Common alder tree, Alnus surrulata, and black alder, Alnus glauca (engraving); (add.info.: Leaves, aments and seed of the common alder tree, Alnus surrulata, and black alder, Alnus glauca)

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