Seed Collection (page 4)

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)

Sesame, Sesamum indicum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal
FLO4993023 Sesame, Sesamum indicum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Grains of paradise, Melegueta pepper, alligator pepper, Aframomum melegueta (Amomum melegueta)
FLO4985558 Grains of paradise, Melegueta pepper, alligator pepper, Aframomum melegueta (Amomum melegueta). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630704 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dandelion (litho)
8624834 Dandelion (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dandelion. Illustration for Nature Knowledge for the Senior Division)

Cumin, Cuminum cyminum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal
FLO4992890 Cumin, Cuminum cyminum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Antiquity: Agriculture. Farmer sowing seeds in the Middle East. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4858111 Antiquity: Agriculture. Farmer sowing seeds in the Middle East. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Antiquity: Agriculture. Farmer sowing seeds in the Middle East)

Plants bearing berries and seeds including guava, membrillo, brazil nut, mistletoe, spotted laurel, cannonball tree
FLO4684761 Plants bearing berries and seeds including guava, membrillo, brazil nut, mistletoe, spotted laurel, cannonball tree, cactus, eucalyptus, myrtle, clove, caraway, coriander

Food and Beverage. Oil making. Olive oil press in the south of France. Engraving in
3434932 Food and Beverage. Oil making. Olive oil press in the south of France. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part)

Ploughing and sowing seed, 1775
3480659 Ploughing and sowing seed, 1775; (add.info.: Ploughing and sowing seed, scene, from the 1775 edition of 'Oeconomie generale de la campagne, ou Nouvelle maison rustique', Paris, 1700)

Pomegranate, fruit description and sections. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias
FLO4726465 Pomegranate, fruit description and sections. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle

Redcurrant - gooseiller a bunches - Ribes rubrum, and gooseberry - gooseiller a mackerel - Ribes grossularia
FLO4576053 Redcurrant - gooseiller a bunches - Ribes rubrum, and gooseberry - gooseiller a mackerel - Ribes grossularia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Goetz from Bertuch's "

Quinoa - Useful quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter
FLO4583997 Quinoa - Useful quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London

Black pepper - Black pepper; Piper nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by Rev. L
FLO4583321 Black pepper - Black pepper; Piper nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by Rev. L

Pistil and stamens of the tree Cannon ball - Cannonball tree, Couroupita guianensis
FLO4583293 Pistil and stamens of the tree Cannon ball - Cannonball tree, Couroupita guianensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel

Dorstenia variete, succulent or oily plant, with its reservoir of purple seeds (details cut and section)
FLO4581624 Dorstenia variete, succulent or oily plant, with its reservoir of purple seeds (details cut and section). Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer

Coffee maker, cafe - Coffee, Coffea arabica, plant showng flowers, berries and bean
FLO4680130 Coffee maker, cafe - Coffee, Coffea arabica, plant showng flowers, berries and bean. Handcoloured lithograph from the National Encyclopaedia, W

Violet of dogs. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book "English
FLO4567569 Violet of dogs. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book "English Botanical Phenomenes", 1834

Green cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum (Alpinia cardamom). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr
FLO4564764 Green cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum (Alpinia cardamom). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus' Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum, which takes its name from the singular shape of its candle-like flowers
FLO4644534 Climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum, which takes its name from the singular shape of its candle-like flowers. Its seeds (poisoned) and seve are used as medicinal components

Borage officinale (Borago officinalis). Coloured copper engravings from a drawing by William Delamotte from William
FLO4568011 Borage officinale (Borago officinalis). Coloured copper engravings from a drawing by William Delamotte from William Baxter's book "English Botanical Phenomenes", 1834

European lime or linden tree, Tilia europaea, and English oak tree, Quercus robur pedunculata
FLO4575954 European lime or linden tree, Tilia europaea, and English oak tree, Quercus robur pedunculata, Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder"

Shea butter tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, vulnerable 1, and ben nut or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera 2 with seed pod
FLO4574397 Shea butter tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, vulnerable 1, and ben nut or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera 2 with seed pod

Black pepper, Piper nigrum, and ginger, Zingiber officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann
FLO4574786 Black pepper, Piper nigrum, and ginger, Zingiber officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Wild pineapple. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)
FLO4726356 Wild pineapple. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816

The officinal marigold and lampode with ecrouelles (or herb with ecrouelles)
FLO4728344 The officinal marigold and lampode with ecrouelles (or herb with ecrouelles). Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)

Varieties of grass grass: woolly hells, wild siberian rye and perennial chaff
FLO4728113 Varieties of grass grass: woolly hells, wild siberian rye and perennial chaff. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)

Varieties of grass grass: vulpin, flower of prurs and fragrant blurry. Copper engraving put in colour by J
FLO4728064 Varieties of grass grass: vulpin, flower of prurs and fragrant blurry. Copper engraving put in colour by J. Schaly, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)

Cachiman, corossolier or anone heart of beef, fruit and section - Netted custard apple, Annona reticulata
FLO4582123 Cachiman, corossolier or anone heart of beef, fruit and section - Netted custard apple, Annona reticulata, fruit and section

Papayer et son fruit, la papaya - Papaw or papaya tree, Carica papaya, fruit on bough and section through fruit
FLO4582007 Papayer et son fruit, la papaya - Papaw or papaya tree, Carica papaya, fruit on bough and section through fruit

Attier or Apple Cinnamon - Undulated custard-apple, sugar-apple, sweet sop, Annona squamosa, leaf, flower
FLO4582972 Attier or Apple Cinnamon - Undulated custard-apple, sugar-apple, sweet sop, Annona squamosa, leaf, flower, ripe fruit and section

Sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Main's Popular Botany
FLO4671515 Sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Main's Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Water germander, Teucrium scordium, arum, Arum maculatum, and seed of Iris tuberosa
FLO4668474 Water germander, Teucrium scordium, arum, Arum maculatum, and seed of Iris tuberosa. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5306933 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG.

French 19th century illustration of ears of corn
5306919 French 19th century illustration of ears of corn; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Root and seeds of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton. (Byakuzuku)
5855617 Root and seeds of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton. (Byakuzuku); (add.info.: Root and seeds of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton)

Yellow and red clove spice, Caryophyllus aromaticum
5856565 Yellow and red clove spice, Caryophyllus aromaticum; (add.info.: Yellow and red clove spice, Syzygium aromaticum, Caryophyllus aromaticum)

Fruit, leaves, catkins and flowers of the black walnut tree, Juglans nigra
5856541 Fruit, leaves, catkins and flowers of the black walnut tree, Juglans nigra.; (add.info.: Fruit, leaves, catkins and flowers of the black walnut tree, Juglans nigra)

Purple seed and leaves of the long pepper
5855623 Purple seed and leaves of the long pepper; (add.info.: Purple seed and leaves of the long pepper, Piper longum, hihatsu)

White flowers and leaves of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton. (Byakuzuku)
5855616 White flowers and leaves of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton. (Byakuzuku); (add.info.: White flowers and leaves of cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum Maton)

Red birch, Betula rubra
5855021 Red birch, Betula rubra; (add.info.: Leaves, ament and seed of the red birch, Betula nigra (Betula rubra). Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Henri Joseph Redoute

Common European white birch tree, Betula alba
5855019 Common European white birch tree, Betula alba; (add.info.: Leaves, fertile aments and seed of the common European white birch tree, Betula alba)

Dwarf rose bay or mountain laurel tree, Rhododendrum maximum
5855016 Dwarf rose bay or mountain laurel tree, Rhododendrum maximum; (add.info.: Flower, leaves, seed vessel and seeds of the Dwarf rose bay or mountain laurel tree, Rhododendrum maximum)

Queen sago, Cycas circinalis
5855231 Queen sago, Cycas circinalis; (add.info.: Queen sago, Cycas circinalis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science,")

Flax, Linum usitatissimum, and fairy flax, Linum catharticum
5855060 Flax, Linum usitatissimum, and fairy flax, Linum catharticum; (add.info.: Flax, Linum usitatissimum, and fairy flax, Linum catharticum)

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"Exploring the Cosmic Origins: Seeds of Life and Beyond" Intriguingly, seeds hold within them the secrets of our cosmic origins. Just like the cosmic microwave background that permeates our universe they can a testament to the vastness and interconnectedness of life. Take for instance Elaeis guineensis Jacq. , commonly known as African oil palm. This seed not only sustains livelihoods but also symbolizes resilience in Southeast Asia's rich culinary tapestry. The spices derived from these seeds add an explosion of flavors to Thai food, tantalizing taste buds across Thailand. Delving into history, we find William Cutbush and Sons meticulously cataloging plant anatomy through Victorian botanical illustrations. Their detailed depictions capture the essence of Ginkgo biloba, also known as maidenhair tree – a living fossil with medicinal properties celebrated since ancient times. Victorian botanical illustrations further unveil nature's pharmacy by showcasing various medicinal and herbal plants. From dandelion seeds gracefully floating away on gentle breezes to Quercus suber or cork oak providing sustainable materials, each seed holds immense potential for both healing and innovation. It was Carl Linnaeus who classified these diverse wonders in his groundbreaking work "Systema Naturae. " His meticulous categorization paved the way for understanding how every seed contributes to Earth's biodiversity. Zooming closer to home, Siskin & Tits flutter around squirrel-proof globe bird feeders in Bedfordshire UK. These tiny creatures rely on seeds as their primary source of nourishment while delighting us with their vibrant presence amidst nature's beauty. Seeds truly encapsulate life's remarkable journey - from their celestial origins hinted at by cosmic microwave background radiation to their vital role in sustaining ecosystems worldwide. Let us cherish these humble yet extraordinary entities that have shaped our planet throughout time immemorial.