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Nut trees

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  • A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
  • Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.
  • Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cashew nut or acajou (Anacardium occidentale L.): flowering and fruiting branch with separate sectioned flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
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    A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23389i
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    A Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia): fruiting tree branch with separate opened fruit and nuts. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23096i
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    A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15808i
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    Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans): stem with fruit and nut and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

    Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850. | Date: [1850-51] | Reference: 26353i
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    Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15805i
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