Black Swallowtail Butterfly Larva
This pupa, or chrysalis, is fastened to a little silken pad by the tail, but is also sustained by a…
Flax Pod Cut in Half
Section lengthwise of flax seed cut half away, bringing contained embryo into view.
Pea Embryo
Embryo of pea, i.e. a pea with the coats removed; the short and thick caulicle presented to view.
The Calling of St. James and St. John
A painting by Johann Overbeck of the two saints kneeling in front of Jesus Christ.
Pitch Pine Seed
Inside view of a separated scale or open carpel of a Pitch Pine cone with a seed in place.
Alga
Magnified view of some of a simple fresh water Alga, the Tetraspora lubrica, each sphere of which may…
Calla Lily
Magnified view of a portion of a transverse slice of stem of Calla Lily. The great spaces are tubular…
Bit of Young Maple Wood
Magnified view of surface of a bit of young Maple wood from which the bark has been torn away, showing…
Tree-Fern
A Tree-Fern, Dicksonia arborescens, with a young one near its base. In front a common herbaceous Fern…
Planthopper
Otiocerus coquebertii, a small insect of a somewhat elongated form and having a small projection in…
Fulgora
A most singularly-formed insect; the front part of its head being much prolonged, and projecting upward…
Army-Worm Killer
It consists of a sheet-iron furnace, having the form of a half cylinder, tapered at the end's, in which…
Florence
This view of Florence shows the Duomo (cathedral) on the right and Giotto's Campanile (tower) on the…
Sweet Amarillis
Sweet Amarillis, by a spring's soft and soul murmuring's, Slept; and thus sleeping thither flew a robin-red-breast,…
View of Lake George, N.Y.
Lake George, also known as Queen of American Lakes, is a long narrow lake at the southeast…
Sectional view of the Head
Section through the Head and Neck on the Median Line. 1. Medulla Oblongata 2. Pons 3. Right lobe of…
Archime' dean Screw
A cylinder with a triple threaded screw in a water tight case that revolves ater to the top for the…
Saint George
This sculpture by the great artist, Donatello, is of a man dressed in armor holding a shield in front…
Pistil
A pistil, that is, a scale of the cone, of a Larch, at the time of flowering; inside view, showing its…
Arbor-Vitae
One of the scales or carpels of the American Arbor-Vitae, the inside exposed to view, showing a pair…
Hog Louse
A detailed view of the scansorial claw of the hog-louse of the Hermatopinus urius species.
Binnacle
A wooden case or box in which the compass on board a ship is kept to protect it from injury. A light…
