Seed Collection (page 7)

Wallichia caryotoides, wallich palm
Plate 8 from the Roxburgh Collection, c. 1791-1794. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Melocanna baccifera, berry bamboo
Plate 1050 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Walchia piniformis
Leafy branch of the extinct Walchia piniformis from Montpellier, France dating from the Permian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Xenotheca devonica
Ovule (seed) bearing cupules of the early extinct gymnosperm from Devon, England dating from the Upper Devonian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Trigonocarpus parkinsoni
Large nutlike seeds (about 2.5cm long) from the coal measures of England dating from Upper Carboniferous. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Thea viridis, tea
Plate 17 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Araucaria mirabilis, silicified seed cones

Dactylotheca, fossil fern
Dactylotheca, a detail of the fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern

Vicki Noble with botanical specimen
Vicki Noble a curator of higher plants in the Botany Department at The Natural History Museum, London

Iris pseudacorus, yellow iris
Yellow iris pods and seeds. Many seeds are produced in traingular pods and are dispersed by water

Castanospermum australe, Moreton Bay chestnut
Photograph of the seed pod of a Castanospermum australe tree

Lithocarpus, stone oak

Afzelia, africana smith

Pterocarpus angolensis
Photograph of Pterocarpus angolensis seed pods. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Apocynum

Duchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, vol. I, HS 131, fol. 8 (SloanernHerbarium)

Wilsonia citrina, hooded warbler
Plate 110 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ceratonia siliqua, carob bean tree
Illustration of carob beans by B. Thanner. The beans were used as weights for gems and precious metals

Sloanes specimens
Sloanes Vegetable and Vegetable Substances. An assortment of 12, 523 fruits, seeds, pots of aromatic gums and other items of plant origin, are kept in little boxes at the Natural History Museum

Ilex aquifolium, English holly
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine (bottom) & Cedrus libani, cedar
Sketch 250 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Juglans nigra, black walnut

Olivier, olive tree
Plate 30 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles Vol 30

Strychnos ignatii, St. Ignatiuss bean
Plate 46 from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

A branch with sycamore seed pods 2011

The Royal Gardeners. From Once Upon a Time no. 80

The seeds of victory insure the fruits of peace. Poster showing a boy with a hoe leading a parade of vegetables, with American flags. Date c1919

Liberty sowing the seeds of victory. Poster showing Liberty, in a red, white and blue liberty cap, soaring with a rainbow over a fertile landscape. Date 1917

Chase Bros and Woodward. Flower & vegetable seeds. Chase Bros and Woodward. Flower & vegetable seeds

Pale green squash with white flesh and many seeds, with plant vines growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860

Branch of a maple tree with leaves and seeds. Date 187-

The seeds of socialism. Illustration shows a gigantic boar wearing a crown with $ and a shawl labeled Plutocratic Greed and holding the US Capitol dome labeled Special Privilege

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

Emile Lowitz demonstration at Royal Botanic Society

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

Silhouette, One Sows and Another Reaps
One Sows and Another Reaps -- silhouette showing a farm worker sowing seeds in a field, with horses pulling a plough in the background

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

Grantham Market Cross
The fine old Market Cross in the Market Square of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1940s

Cardigan Railway Station, Cardiganshire, South Wales
View of a platform of Cardigan Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Cardiganshire, South Wales, with flowerbeds and tinplate advertisements for Pears Soap and Sutton Seeds

Madagascar - A Sorceror - using Sikidy Divination. The Diviner uses an elaborate system of computation using seeds, which can be seen in this picture

Preparing Seeds for Raspberry Jam rations
A ridiculous amount of workers chipping, shaping, carving, polishing and checking the quality of artifical seeds for raspberry jam rations during World War One Please note

Seasons / March / Sowing
A farmer sowing seeds

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

Ascalaphius into Owl
A son of Acheron, he reveals to Zeus that Persephone has eaten pomegranate seeds (thus condemning her to stay with Hades) so she turns him into an owl with Phlegethon water

Female Type / Seeds Love
Words and music to a song, The Seeds of Love, with a picture of a lady who can t make up her mind who to choose

Whitsunday Island
A madreporic atoll comprising a ring-shaped coral reef, on which seeds borne by the wind have taken root

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