Seed Collection (page 3)

Red lentils

Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus) adult, feeding on acacia seedpods in tree, Outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Male Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) giving seed to a female Hawfinch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Vintage lettuce seed packet
A lettuce seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Aesculus hippocastanum (horse-chestnut, conker tree)
Illustration of a Aesculus hippocastanum (horse-chestnut, conker tree)

Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba), Liliaceae by Angela Rossi Bottione, watercolor, 1802-1806
Herbal, 18th-19th century. Iconographia Taurinensis. Volume XXXVII, Plate 108 by Angela Rossi Bottione, Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba), Liliaceae

Botanical illustrations, 17th century

Mixture of flower and grass seeds, SEM
Mixture of flower and grass seeds, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is a mixture of seeds for wild meadow plants. It includes flower and grass seeds

Rubber Seeds
APP-2602 Rubber - Seeds Hevea brasiliensis Allen Paterson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dandelion - seed head. France
WAT-12630 Dandelion - seed head. France Taraxacum officinale M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Dandelion seed-heads ("clocks')
ROG-12339 Dandelion seed-heads ("clocks') Taraxacum officinale Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Peppercorn Plant
PM-6172A Peppercorn Plant - immature fruit Piper nigrum Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Douglas Fir - cones
JLM-6177 Douglas Fir - cones Pseudotsuga menziesii John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Broad Bean - showing root growth
JD-16083 Broad BEAN - shows roots growing John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Fossil Araucaria Cone, Mid Jurassic. Province Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina
FG-12029 FOSSIL- Araucaria Cone Province Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina. Araucaria mirabilis Mid Jurassic, H. bloc: 21 cm Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Dukkah (dokka), dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and arabic spices and flavors, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

African Elephant - Bull shaking acacia tree to dislodge seedpods which it will then pickup off ground and eat
TOM-839 African Elephant - Bull shaking acacia tree to dislodge seedpods which it will then pick up off ground and eat. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

Blackbird - Male sitting in hawthorn bush in winter, feeding on berries. Harz Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1496 Blackbird - Male sitting in hawthorn bush in winter, feeding on berries. Harz Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany Turdus merula Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display

Cockatiel - in cage feeding
LA-3331 Cockatiel - in cage feeding Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Coco de Mer coconut, Vallee de Mai, Praslin, Seychelles

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), development from bud to seed. Digital composite

Dandelions flowers with black background

Cotton seeds that have been coated with a seed treatment wait to be planted near Wakita, Oklahoma, U.S. May 11, 2018. Picture taken May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

A passion fruit tree at the nursery of Kokkoya Organics, an urban organic farm in Yangon
A passion fruit tree is pictured at the nursery of Kokkoya Organics, an urban organic farm in Yangon, Myanmar, May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Seedlings
Penny Myles

Shapes n Lines 1
Sally Ann Moss

Seedlings
Penny Myles

Shapes n Lines 1
Sally Ann Moss

Seedlings
Penny Myles

Seedlings
Penny Myles

Gathering Seeds-Coast Pomo, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gathering Seeds-Coast Pomo, c1924. Cecilia Joaquin, Pomo woman, full-length portrait, standing, using seed beater to gather seeds into a burden basket

Hallett's pedigree nursery wheat, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Hallett's pedigree nursery wheat, 1862. The original ear, A, was selected in 1857 from a large crop of "nursery" wheat, not because of its great size

Shapes n Lines 1
Sally Ann Moss

Shapes n Lines 1
Sally Ann Moss

Sesame (Sesamum indicum), green unripe pods. Sichuan Province, China

RF - Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seeds blowing in the wind, England, UK. May

RF - Silhouettes of Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed heads and grasses, England, UK

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), Hedge parsley (Torilis) and Allium seedhead silhouettes on white background

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), Hedge parsley (Torilis) and Allium seedhead silhouettes on white background

Honesty (Lunaria annua) seed pods

Seeds and seedpods of Armenian grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) June

Tea mangrove (Pelliciera rhizophorae) seed, Pochote Estuary, Costa Rica, Vulnerable species

Poisonous Plants
Vintage lithograph of Poisonous Plants including Deadly Nightshade, Thorn Apple, Henbane, Mezereon, Fools Parsley and Herb Paris

Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) fallen oak leaf and acorns on moss, Highlands, Scotland, October

Harvest mice (Micromys minutus) on wheat stems, Devon, UK, July. Captive. Not available for Greetings card and Notelets in the UK until 24/08/16

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) close up of seedhead or clock, Nordtirol, Austian Alps. June

Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating amongst leaves and acorns. Captive. Leicestershire, UK, October

RF - Oak (Quercus robur) acorns in autumn, England, UK, August

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