"An evergreen of the laurel family, having glossy leaves and bearing clusters of yellowish flowers,…
"Pimento or Jamaica pepper, otherwise called allspice, is a small berry, the fruit of a beautiful tree,…
" Almonds come from Spain and Italy, but they grow spontaneously in many other warm countries. There…
"The date is the fruit of a tall and graceful palm which shoots up a single straight stem to height…
"The olive tree grows abundantly in all the countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea." -Lupton It's…
"This tree, a native of India, is remarkable for its vast branches. It is a species of fig; has ovate,…
"A climbing plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita. The pumpkin is originally from India, but is…
The quince-tree, which is supposed to be a native of Western Asia, is now cultivated throughout Europe,…
"Rosa rugosa, at left; Crataegus punctata, at right. The fruit is composed of the ripened ovary, reinforced…
"Chicory (Cichorium Intybus). A, portion of flowering branch; B, basal leaf (runcinate-pinnatifid);…
"A little fly about half the size of a house-fly. This insect lives chiefly upon the fruit of the olive-tree."
"A little fly about half the size of a house-fly. This insect lives chiefly upon the fruit of the olive-tree."
Compound racemose gland. The resemblance to a bunch of fruit is very marked.
"It is found in July and September, on the oak, the elm, the willow, and many fruit trees."
The creosote is a sticky, resinous bush with small round evergreen leaves, yellow flowers, woolly fruit,…
An illustration of a variety of fruit, including: 1. Oldmixon freestone 2. Hale's early 3. Washington.
Illustration of a fungus named Atrotogus hydnosporus. "Considered by Berkeley and others to be probably…
This illustration "represents its mycelium growth; 2,2 its budding cells, which terminate in fruit cells;…
"Portions of the rotting pulp were placed on a microscopic slide, divided into hundredths and thousandths…
"All vegetables, the vine, fruit trees, the ash, pine, etc., are eaten by some weevil or other."
"Tonina fluviatilis. 1. male flower; 2. centre of do.; 3. female and male flowers; 4. section of ripe…
"Typha latifolia; 2, its fruit; 3, a section of the seed; 4, the embryo; 5, a stamen." -Lindley, 1853
"1. Spathe of Arum maculatum; 2. its spadix loaded with flowers; 3. an anther; 4. a transverse section…
Arum maculatum: "A single fruit divided vertically, so as to show the seeds in situ. A perpendicular…
The fruit of Freycinetia imbricata, a flowering plant native to Southeast Asia.
"Inflorescence of Chamaerops humilis, in its spathe; 2. a portion of the same, with the fruit ripening;…
"Sagus Rumphii. 1. a flower; 2. the same opened; 3. a section of an ovary; 4. a section of a seed of…
"Stratiotes aloides. 1. a flower and spathe; 2. a flower split open; 3. a fruit in its spathe; 4. a…
"Calla palustris; 1. a flower; 2. a section of the ovary; 3. a perpendicular section of the ripe fruit;…
"Triglochin palustre. 1. A flower; 3. a ripe fruit; 4. one ripe carpel opened and exhibiting a seed;…
"Paris quadrifolia. 1. A transverse section of an ovary; 2. perpendicular section of the ripe fruit;…
"Roxburghia gloriosoides; 1. the fruit; 2. a seed; 3. the same divided longitudinally." -Lindley, 1853
"Cycas circinalis; 1. a portion of a female frond; 2. section of the naked ovule; 3. ripe fruit; 4.…