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Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent SowerbyTwo girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds
Quercus suber, cork oakPlate 35 from `Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 16 1871. Originally called Chene liege in this publication the Cork Oak tree is now know by the name (Quercus suber)
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. African oil palmIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair treePlate 41 from `Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 16 1871
Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1736)Watercolour illustration by Georg Ehret, of Carl Linneauss sexual system for the classification of plants from Systema Naturae, published in 1736
Plants bearing fruits and seedsPlants bearing berries and seeds including guava, membrillo, brazil nut, mistletoe, spotted laurel, cannonball tree, cactus, eucalyptus, myrtle, clove, caraway, coriander, hemlock, cumin, etc
Green and red seeds of nutmeg and mace, Myristica fragrans Houtt.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884
R G Fortt gardening catalogueThe colourful front cover of R G Fortts spring gardening catalogue
Dandelion Clock & PrayerA dandelion clock is used as a metaphor for measuring your life by loss and not by gain
S Dixon & Co seed catalogueThe colourful front cover of thes Dixon & Co seed catalogue, offering choice seeds for the flower and kitchen garden
Date palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, Dattier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr
Vintage seed packet: CosmosA beautiful Cosmos seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910
Nyrustuca moschata, nutmegIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Fairies learn to dance before they learn to walk (Fairy Lore). 1920s
Papaver (Poppy), two varietiesTwo varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Sesamum indicum, sesame plantIllustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London
Silybum marianum, milk thistleIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Chardon Marie
Banksia serrata, old man banksiaFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Sow the seeds of victory! Plant & raise your own vegetables. Poster showing Liberty sowing seeds. Date c1918. Sow the seeds of victory! Plant & raise your own vegetables
The Hay crop from Suttons Grass SeedsA promotional postcard for Suttons Seeds, Reading - showing women harvesting the hay crop, grown from Suttons Grass seeds
Whitneys Cotton GinWHITNEYs GIN Eli Whitneys gin of 1793 enabled separation of cotton fibre from its seeds to be done mechanically : this is a modified version in use
Sesame, Sesamum indicum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887
Black cumin, Nigella sativa, and love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler
Gingko, ginkgo or maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba. EndangeredGingko, ginkgo or maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba, Gingko biloba, gingko. Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil
The Parable of the Seed - Matthew 15. circa 1688
White mustard, Sinapis alba. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887
Advertising insert, Eppss Cocoa
Zamia pungensPlate 1. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 1839 by Augusta Innes Withers (c.1791/2-1876). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1839
Aloe vera and asafoetida, Ferula assafoetida.. Aloe vera 1, with flower and leaf, and asafoetida 2, Ferula assafoetida, with flower, leaf, root rhizome and seed
Juglands nigra, black walnutIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Sorbier des olseleursPlate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870
Mancenillier treePlate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Vintage lettuce seed packetA lettuce seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910
Fairy Time - A seated fairy blows a dandelion headFairy Time - A seated fairy queen blowing the seeds off a dandelion seed head, whilst two sprites rest nearby under two toadstools Date: 1939
Dandy Puffs by Margaret Tarrant from Joan in FlowerlandDandy Puffs by Margaret Tarrant, from Joan in Flowerland
Seed and corn merchant, Uxbridge, early 1900s
WW2, Wait And SeeAn illustration of a little boy planting a seed to help the nation's foodstuff need during WW2, his father is a Merchant Navy sailor. Date: circa 1940s
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Plant Soya Beans! Date: circa mid-1970s
RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's broochRMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster. An early 20th century gold
Hungarian public information card - grow oil seed for soapHungarian patriotic public information postcard - There will be no shortage of soap if we produce oilseeds: rapeseed, castor oil, sunflower oil. Date: circa late 1950s
Rubber Tree to Finished Motor Tyres 1907Showing the plantation where the rubber is produced for the Dunlop Tyres factory where it is pressed, stretched and moulded into shape ready to be used on motorcars. Date: 1907
Comic postcard, Couple going for a walk - If I should plant a tiny seed of love Date: 20th century
Mergamma pesticide advert, 1954Protect good seed with Mergamma A. Advert for Mergamma double-action seed dressing, a pesticide killing wireworm and disease, from Plant Protection Ltd
Mergamma pesticide advert, 1951I ve forgotten what a wireworm looks like! - a happy farmer in an advert for Mergamma, the double-action seed dressing, a pesticide from Plant Protection Ltd that controls soil
Garden varieties of clematis, Clematis aureliana 1 and Clematis sophia 2. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse
Leopold George Christian Frederick, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Copperplate engraving by Henry Meyer after a portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of
Branch of white plum blossom on a rock with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden
Branch of pink plum blossom on a rock with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden