S Eed Collection

Allotments Success
A couple and their son rejoice as the first seed sprouts in their allotment

Parable of the Sower
The parable of the sower, some of whose seed falls on stony ground, some on the path, but some on good ground

Street scene with shops, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A street scene with shops, in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The large corner shop is Bells grocery store, decorated with flags, perhaps to celebrate Empire Day (24 May)

Parable of the Sower : The Christians responsibility for production. (Matthew Chapter 13, Mark Chapter 4 and Luke Chapter 8)

Dandelion Clock & Prayer
A dandelion clock is used as a metaphor for measuring your life by loss and not by gain

S Dixon & Co seed catalogue
The colourful front cover of thes Dixon & Co seed catalogue, offering choice seeds for the flower and kitchen garden

Rene Lacoste in play at Wimbledon
Rene Lacoste playing Hubert de Morpurgo in the fifth round of the mens singles. In 1926 and 1927 Lacoste was the top ranked player in the mens game

The Hay crop from Suttons Grass Seeds
A promotional postcard for Suttons Seeds, Reading - showing women harvesting the hay crop, grown from Suttons Grass seeds

Pyrenean Woman force-feeding a goose in order to fatten up the liver of the bird for making foie gras pate. Date: circa 1910s

Parable of Good Seed
The Parable of the Good Seed, and the Cockle that is sown by his enemy while the good men are sleeping

Removing Stone at Mill
Removing the stone at an old water mill at Ewell, Surrey

Nutmeg / Various Parts
MYRISTICA. Diagramatical representation of the various parts of the nutmeg tree including a branch & leaves, the fruit, mace & seed or nutmeg

Jack Climbing Stalk
Jack, having grown the beanstalk from the magic seed given him by a fairy, uses it to enable him to reach the home of the Giant, whom he plans to kill

A heavy horse pulls a light plough
A heavy shire horse pulls a light one-wheeled plough througha field with grazing cattle. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Pericopsis mooniana, or Nandu Wood
Pericopsis mooniana (Nandu Wood, Nedun Tree), also known as Dalbergia lanceolaria, Dalbergia mooniana, Derris ponapensis, Ormosia villamilii, and Pericopsis ponapensis

Sedum Turkestanicum (Sedum Ewersii) of the Crassulaceae family. Seen here in the frost, with seed pods visible

A branch with sycamore seed pods 2011

Barleria arnottiana Nees (var. glabra), a blue flowering plant, with details of seed pods. 1893

Trichosanthes integrifolia, with details of seed pods and fruit. 1893

Cymbidium ensifolium, purple striped orchid
Cymbidium ensifolium haematodes, a purple striped orchid. 1893

Painting of peaches on a branch
A lovely, delicate painting of peaches on a branch, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. One of the peaches has been cut to reveal the stone. circa 1840s

Hibiscus angulosus grandiflorus, yellow hibiscus flower, a climbing plant with yellow flowers. 1893

Feeding pigeons before St Marks Basilica, Venice, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette, Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow

Sierra Leone - Separating the seed from the cotton
Sierra Leone, West Africa - Separating the seed from the cotton Date: circa 1910s

Harrowing 1925
Harrowing, The isle of Ven, Landskrona, 1925. The half-timbered house was typical for in the country of Scania. Date: 1925

Two sparrows collecting grass seeds
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, collecting grass seeds to feed their five chicks. Date: 1937

Black Ants & Black Fly
Black Ants and Black Fly on a Broom seed pod. Date: 1960s

Testing Seed Potatoes
A man and woman testing seed potatoes, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Using a Seed Drill
Spring drilling kale seed with an old-fashioned horse-drawn seed drill on a farm near Grimscote, Northamptonshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Gossypium (Cotton)
COTTON PLANT showing flower, seed and the fibre covering the seed which is the basis of cotton products Date: 19th century

Devil in the Fields
The Devil leaves his mark on the church and agriculture

Sultan Ahmet Mosque - Feeding the Birds for good luck
In Turkey, birds are sometime released for good luck. These women with their bowls of corn sell the seed which you throw to the birds - this is considered lucky (feeding wild animals)

The seed scatterer
A young woman feeds birds in her garden, scattering bird seed among the birds, who have come out from their bird house

Grain Market - Antioch, Turkey
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey

Cyclamen showing spiral seed stems
A species of Cyclamen (Myrsinaceae family) showing spiral seed stems

A young girl feeds the birds
A young girl in a pretty pink dress, kneels next to a tree stump and feeds a host of small garden birds out of her hand. Ink drawing with watercolour washes by Malcolm Greensmith

French Seed Catalogue
Cover of a French seed catalogue for Vilmorin- Andrieux et Cie, Paris

Swallow & Little Birds
THE SWALLOW AND THE LITTLE BIRDS: The swallow tries to warn the birds of the dangers of letting the farmer sow seeds but they do not heed her advice

Tug of War Cartoon
3rd Event - International Sports 1914- THE TUG OF WAR. " I Ain t seed Hun come up for the third time yet ave you Sargint?" - a sharp cartoon commentary on front line life

Seed Stall, India
A seed stall at a market in Delhi, India

HORNSBYs DRILL 1850
HORNSBYs DRILL designed to be used either for manure or for seed

SOWING
A farmer and his wife sow their fields - she brings him the seed, he scatters it from the tray slung at his waist

Threshing with Flails
Even in the 1930s, old fashioned flails were still being used for threshing seed crops on this farm in Essex, England

Gwydir Castle, Peacock & Gardener
Gwydir Castle - a peacock has a peck at a tray of seeds while the oblivious gardener (possibly having forty winks!) has a seat in the sun a little furher along the gravel path

Mendel / Inheritance / Peas
Gregor Johann Mendel (1822 - 1884), Austrian botanist. Researched heritable characteristics, including the inheritance of the colour of the seed in the culinary pea

C17 Seed Dropper
SEED DROPPER designed by Plattes

Ancient Egypt Farming
A variety of Ancient Egyptian Farming scenes, and a horse- pulled wine cask, originally from the Alps

Gathering Grass Seed
California women gathering grass seed

Myth / Tibet / 2 Neighbours
THE STORY OF TWO NEIGHBOURS A poor man showed kindness to a sparrow, who gave him a seed which grew riches. His rich neighbour stole it, but it didn t have the same effect

Nutmeg / Family Herbal
MYRISTICA. (listed as Myristica Moschata) Showing the leaves, fruit & seed or nutmeg of the plant

Sclerotium Clavus
ERGOT of rye seed, a diseased transformation by a fungus, which can lead to poisoning by contaminated bread. Right : TILLETIA CARIES, another harmful growth

Feeding Pigeons / 1891
Feeding the pigeons

Russian Moujik Sowing
A Russian Moujik man sowing his crop

Girls / Feeding Birds 1892
Two girls feed some birds

Sultry Dinner Date
Dinner date, wearing an evening dress ornamented with seed pearls, is obviously nervous as she awaits her blind date judging by the drinks she has lined up

Vegetables / Radishes
Leonards White Tipped Scarlet Turnip Radish, the best stock of White Tipped Radish on the market as developed by the Leonard Seed Company of Chicago

Hand Sowing in Ireland
Ploughing in the seed, after hand sowing on a farm in Ireland. By the 1930s, this method had virtually vanished in the British Isles, but was still regarded as the best way

Tulls Wheat Drill
Jethro Tulls Wheat Drill

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