Embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering (seed coat)

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Marrons d'Inde.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

A stone fruit tree, possibly a plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch and seed. Watercolour.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.

HDRA's heritage seed programme / Henry Doubleday Research Association.

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

Men lie sleeping under a tree; one sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

Men lie sleeping as a man sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching.

Various leaf forms and flower parts. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

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

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

For a positive outlook : help yourself with Bach original flower remedies / Nelsonbach.

Les biotechnologies au service de la production végétale / [directeurs de la publication, Jeanine Goacolou et Etienne Perdrizet ; maquette et fabrication, Jean-Yvon Laviec].

Ten seedlings with different types of cotyledon or seed leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

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Seeds

Images from the collections

Images about Seeds

Works from the collections

For a positive outlook : help yourself with Bach original flower remedies / Nelsonbach.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

Men lie sleeping under a tree; one sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

Les biotechnologies au service de la production végétale / [directeurs de la publication, Jeanine Goacolou et Etienne Perdrizet ; maquette et fabrication, Jean-Yvon Laviec].

Ten seedlings with different types of cotyledon or seed leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Seeds

Images from the collections

Images about Seeds

Works from the collections

For a positive outlook : help yourself with Bach original flower remedies / Nelsonbach.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

Men lie sleeping under a tree; one sows seeds; representing the biblical parable of the sower. Etching by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

Les biotechnologies au service de la production végétale / [directeurs de la publication, Jeanine Goacolou et Etienne Perdrizet ; maquette et fabrication, Jean-Yvon Laviec].

Ten seedlings with different types of cotyledon or seed leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

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