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The physiological action of the oil and seeds of Croton elliotianus from British East Africa / by J. Theodore Cash and Walter J. Dilling.
Cash, John Theodore, 1854-1936.Date: 1914
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Fruits, seeds and leaves of a plant possibly in the Apocynaceae family. Watercolour.
Reference: 23243i
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Four figures showing pericarp and seeds in fruits of an apple and a milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: 31 August 1802Reference: 24233i
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Report by Dr. M. C. Cooke, on the oil seeds and in the India Museum, or produced in India : prepared under the direction of the reporter on the products of India.
Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), 1825-1914.Date: 1876
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Six seeding plants, including dandelion, oak, sycamore and hazel, all illustrating different methods of seed dispersal. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
Date: [1850?]Reference: 27025i
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Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.
Reference: 23607i
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Seeds : time capsules of life / Rob Kesseler & Wolfgang Stuppy ; preface by HRH the Prince of Wales ; edited by Alexandra Papadakis.
Kesseler, Rob.Date: [2009], ©2009
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Couch grass (Elymus repens): flower and seedheads with roots and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.
Müller, Walther.Date: 1887Reference: 24533i
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Borneo camphor tree (Dryobalanops aromatica): flowers, leafy stem and sectioned seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1853]Reference: 23989i
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Directions for bringing over seeds and plants, from the East Indies and other distant countries, in a state of vegetation: together with a catalogue of such foreign plants as are worthy of being encouraged in our American colonies, for the purposes of medicine, agriculture, and commerce. To which is added, the figure and botanical description of a new sensitive plant, called Dionoea muscipula: or, Venus's fly-trap / By John Ellis, F.R.S.
Ellis, John, 1710?-1776.Date: 1770
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Fifty-four flowers, fruit and floral segments of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
Date: 29 July 1799Reference: 25564i
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Almond plant (Prunus dulcis): flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1853]Reference: 23978i
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A fruiting plant, possibly of the Compositae family, with an enlarged tufted seed and bee. Watercolour.
Reference: 23242i
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Biologische Untersuchungen. Neue Folge XVI / von Prof. Dr. Gustaf Retzius.
Retzius, Gustaf, 1842-1919Date: 1911
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De frvctibvs et seminibvs plantarvm. Acc. seminum centuriae quinque priores / Josephvs Gaertner.
Gaertner, Joseph, 1732-1791.Date: 1788-1791
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A flowering tree branch with a separate germinating seed. Watercolour.
Reference: 23092i
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Biologische Untersuchungen. Neue Folge XVI / von Prof. Dr. Gustaf Retzius.
Retzius, Gustaf, 1842-1919Date: 1912
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Sunflower & other seeds... : proteins punch / designed and produced by Compass Group UK and Ireland's Design Centre.
Date: 2005
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Catalogus variorum exoticorum rarissimorum maximam partem incognitorum et nullibi descriptorum partim medicinae partim curiositati inseruientium quae in museo suo breui luci exponendo possidet / Abrahamus Vater D. et P.P Anat. et Botan. substitutus.
Vater, Abraham, 1684-1751.Date: M DCC XXVI. [1726]
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An orchard invisible : a natural history of seeds / Jonathan Silvertown ; with illustrations by Amy Whitesides.
Silvertown, Jonathan W.Date: 2009
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A plant, possibly an Euonymus species: fruiting branch. Watercolour.
Reference: 22918i
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A man scatters seeds; representing the Biblical parable of the sower; here referring to the "ministry of the word", preaching. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26701i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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Disputatio de rabie contagiosa, cui præposita est Epistola de generatione plantarum ex seminibus, : qua detegitur, in vocatis seminibus contineri plantas verè conformatas, vt dicunt, actu. / Auctore, præstantissimi phylosophi [sic] & medici Fauorini filio Iosepho De Aromatarijs Assisinate.
Aromatari, Giuseppe degli, 1587-1660.Date: MDCXXV. [1625]
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Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis): flowering and fruiting stem, leaf and fruit sections. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1847]Reference: 23822i
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Cacao plant (Theobroma cacao): fruiting branch with separate leaves and seeds. Watercolour.
Reference: 23271i

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The physiological action of the oil and seeds of Croton elliotianus from British East Africa / by J. Theodore Cash and Walter J. Dilling.

Fruits, seeds and leaves of a plant possibly in the Apocynaceae family. Watercolour.

Four figures showing pericarp and seeds in fruits of an apple and a milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Report by Dr. M. C. Cooke, on the oil seeds and in the India Museum, or produced in India : prepared under the direction of the reporter on the products of India.

Six seeding plants, including dandelion, oak, sycamore and hazel, all illustrating different methods of seed dispersal. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.

Seeds : time capsules of life / Rob Kesseler & Wolfgang Stuppy ; preface by HRH the Prince of Wales ; edited by Alexandra Papadakis.

Couch grass (Elymus repens): flower and seedheads with roots and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.

Borneo camphor tree (Dryobalanops aromatica): flowers, leafy stem and sectioned seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

Fifty-four flowers, fruit and floral segments of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Almond plant (Prunus dulcis): flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

A fruiting plant, possibly of the Compositae family, with an enlarged tufted seed and bee. Watercolour.

Biologische Untersuchungen. Neue Folge XVI / von Prof. Dr. Gustaf Retzius.

De frvctibvs et seminibvs plantarvm. Acc. seminum centuriae quinque priores / Josephvs Gaertner.

A flowering tree branch with a separate germinating seed. Watercolour.

Biologische Untersuchungen. Neue Folge XVI / von Prof. Dr. Gustaf Retzius.

Sunflower & other seeds... : proteins punch / designed and produced by Compass Group UK and Ireland's Design Centre.

Catalogus variorum exoticorum rarissimorum maximam partem incognitorum et nullibi descriptorum partim medicinae partim curiositati inseruientium quae in museo suo breui luci exponendo possidet / Abrahamus Vater D. et P.P Anat. et Botan. substitutus.

An orchard invisible : a natural history of seeds / Jonathan Silvertown ; with illustrations by Amy Whitesides.

A plant, possibly an Euonymus species: fruiting branch. Watercolour.

A man scatters seeds; representing the Biblical parable of the sower; here referring to the "ministry of the word", preaching. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Disputatio de rabie contagiosa, cui præposita est Epistola de generatione plantarum ex seminibus, : qua detegitur, in vocatis seminibus contineri plantas verè conformatas, vt dicunt, actu. / Auctore, præstantissimi phylosophi [sic] & medici Fauorini filio Iosepho De Aromatarijs Assisinate.

Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis): flowering and fruiting stem, leaf and fruit sections. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Cacao plant (Theobroma cacao): fruiting branch with separate leaves and seeds. Watercolour.