Also known as Sagittaria sagittifolia. It is a flowering plant that is native to the wetlands of Europe and Asia. The leaves are arrow-shaped and the flowers generally have three white petals with numerous purple stamens.

Arrowhead

Also known as Sagittaria sagittifolia. It is a flowering plant that is native to the wetlands of Europe…

A hyacinth grown in a glass vase.

Hyacinth in Glass

A hyacinth grown in a glass vase.

Three different glass pots that can be used to grow hyacinths in.

Hyacinth Glasses

Three different glass pots that can be used to grow hyacinths in.

"The Crocus is well known as one of our earliest spring flowers, producing dense masses of richly colored blossoms. The more thickly they are planted, the greater the effect produced."—Heinrich, 1887

Crocuses

"The Crocus is well known as one of our earliest spring flowers, producing dense masses of richly colored…

A bulbous plant with showy flowers and lanceolate leaves.

Tulip

A bulbous plant with showy flowers and lanceolate leaves.

Also known as Daffodil. A hardy plant with white flowers. It mostly blooms in the spring.

Narcissus

Also known as Daffodil. A hardy plant with white flowers. It mostly blooms in the spring.

A plant with showy flowers of white, pink, or yellow, and often attractively marked leaves.

Begonia

A plant with showy flowers of white, pink, or yellow, and often attractively marked leaves.

"This is a drooping or creeping species, with light green, glossy leaves and large clusters of orange salmon-colored flowers."—Heinrich, 1887

Begnia Glaucophylla Scandens

"This is a drooping or creeping species, with light green, glossy leaves and large clusters of orange…

"This is a genus worthy of cultivation in all collections, as its lively flowers are produced in great abundance and at all seasons; many species are now in our collections; and a rich light soil suits all of them best. They are propagated by divisions of the roots or by seeds, which they produce in abundance."—Heinrich, 1887

Cannas

"This is a genus worthy of cultivation in all collections, as its lively flowers are produced in great…

"The colors white and shades of crimson. As a winter blooming plant for a conservatory or parlor window, it is invaluable; with some of the leaves are strikingly variegated, and the flowers are unique and beautiful."—Heinrich, 1887

Cyclamen

"The colors white and shades of crimson. As a winter blooming plant for a conservatory or parlor window,…

"The flowers are large, of a most brilliant crimson color, and produced in the greatest profusion, if planted in pots, or better still, in small earthen hanging baskets, say about six bulbs in a six-inch basket."—Heinrich, 1887

Oxalis Boweii

"The flowers are large, of a most brilliant crimson color, and produced in the greatest profusion, if…

"This is also a very well known flowering plant, of which there are many varieties - white, light and dark blue, single and double. The one most in cultivation with the finest large sweet-scented flowers is V. Marie Louise, which surpasses all other double blue Violets in the profusion of its flowers, richness of color, and delicious fragrance."—Heinrich, 1887

Violet, Marie Louise

"This is also a very well known flowering plant, of which there are many varieties - white, light and…

Also known as Lilium longiflorum. They are native to Japan and Taiwan, and bears a number of trumpet-shaped, white, fragrant, outward-facing flowers

Easter Lily

Also known as Lilium longiflorum. They are native to Japan and Taiwan, and bears a number of trumpet-shaped,…

A species of lily which produces clusters of flowers in a tightly contained space.

Floribunda

A species of lily which produces clusters of flowers in a tightly contained space.

"One to three feet high; flowers erect, orange yellow, spotted black, well open and very beautiful. Each bulb throws up from three to four flowering stems. Native of Japan and blooms in August."—Heinrich, 1887

Wallacei

"One to three feet high; flowers erect, orange yellow, spotted black, well open and very beautiful.…

Also known as Convallaria majalis. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. The flowers are white tepals, bell-shaped, and sweetly scented.

Lily of the Valley

Also known as Convallaria majalis. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.…

An iron stand used to hold decorative flowers.

Iron Flower Stand

An iron stand used to hold decorative flowers.

"The hanging basket is filled with dried Everlasting Flowers and Grasses, in their natural colors. Some are colored, and they are the most elegant article of the kind ever seen in this country."—Heinrich, 1887

Hanging Basket with Dried Flowers

"The hanging basket is filled with dried Everlasting Flowers and Grasses, in their natural colors. Some…

A decorative pot filled with dried flowers in the style of a bouquet.

Bouquet of Dried Flowers

A decorative pot filled with dried flowers in the style of a bouquet.

"The Wall-pocket Basket filled with grasses, ferns, and flowers, makes a very neat ornament to hang on the wall between or underneath picture-frames, or to stand on the mantel-piece."—Heinrich, 1887

Wall Pocket

"The Wall-pocket Basket filled with grasses, ferns, and flowers, makes a very neat ornament to hang…

"It is made of pressed ferns, grasses, and flowers, with a beautifully colored Butterfly made of paper. This is arranged on cardboard, with a piece of cork to imitate a shell or log, and the grasses and ferns glued on the back of the cork as if they were growing behind the log."—Heinrich, 1887

Design with Ferns

"It is made of pressed ferns, grasses, and flowers, with a beautifully colored Butterfly made of paper.…

"The Swiss Moss Baskets, filled with Flowers and Grasses, are very neat for setting on the table or mantel-piece."—Heinrich, 1887

Swiss Moss Basket

"The Swiss Moss Baskets, filled with Flowers and Grasses, are very neat for setting on the table or…

A decorative straw basket filled with dried flowers and grasses.

Straw Basket

A decorative straw basket filled with dried flowers and grasses.

A wicker-work basket used to hold decorative plants and flowers.

Wicker-Work Jardiniere

A wicker-work basket used to hold decorative plants and flowers.

An oval basket used to hold decorative plants and flowers

Oval Jardiniere

An oval basket used to hold decorative plants and flowers

A square basket used to hold decorative plants and flowers.

Square Jardiniere

A square basket used to hold decorative plants and flowers.

The florets of a flower. A, ray florets. B, disk florets.

Florets

The florets of a flower. A, ray florets. B, disk florets.

"He's had his fill, when he the banquet leaves; / He's eat too much - his stomach heaves: / His rich and dainty food, how much he loathes, / The monstrous load now from his stomach flowers; / Nature's relieved - she teaches thus quite plain, / To eat too much of good things, brings much pain."—Barber, 1857

Too Much of a Good Thing, is Worse than Nothing

"He's had his fill, when he the banquet leaves; / He's eat too much - his stomach heaves: / His rich…

One stage of growth seen in a wild oats seedling.

Wild Oats Seedling

One stage of growth seen in a wild oats seedling.

A growth stage of a wild oats seedling, showing later growth.

Wild Oats Seedlng

A growth stage of a wild oats seedling, showing later growth.

A smut of oats with a normal head.

Smut of Oats

A smut of oats with a normal head.

A genus of animal that contains the cougar and jaguarundi.

Puma

A genus of animal that contains the cougar and jaguarundi.

A family of leopards.

Leopards

A family of leopards.

The foot of a tiger with a sheathed claw.

Sheathed Tiger Foot

The foot of a tiger with a sheathed claw.

An unsheathed foot of a tiger.

Unsheathed Tiger Foot

An unsheathed foot of a tiger.

The third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion.

Jaguar

The third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion.

A cheetah and an ocelot.

Cheetah and Ocelot

A cheetah and an ocelot.

Hyenas.

Hyenas

Hyenas.

A family of lions.

Lions

A family of lions.

A tigress hunting with her cubs.

Tigress and Cubs

A tigress hunting with her cubs.

A woodchuck.

Woodchuck

A woodchuck.

Two Scandinavian bears.

Scandinavian Bears

Two Scandinavian bears.

Coasting otters.

Otters Coasting

Coasting otters.

The hoof of a horse.

Horse's Hoof

The hoof of a horse.

A wild donkey.

Wild Donkey

A wild donkey.

An African equid best known for their distinctive black and white stripes.

Zebra

An African equid best known for their distinctive black and white stripes.

A Spanish donkey.

Burro

A Spanish donkey.

A species of wild pig.

Wild Boar

A species of wild pig.

A family of hippopotami.

Hippopotamus

A family of hippopotami.

A pair of African buffaloes.

African Buffaloes

A pair of African buffaloes.

One of the largest deer species.

Red Deer

One of the largest deer species.

The largest extant species in the deer family.

American Moose

The largest extant species in the deer family.

Also known as the caribou. It is part of the deer family, commonly found in the Artic and Subartic.

Reindeer

Also known as the caribou. It is part of the deer family, commonly found in the Artic and Subartic.

A family of bison.

American Bison

A family of bison.

A medium-sized brown and white gazelle.

African Springbok

A medium-sized brown and white gazelle.

A goat-antelope species commonly found in Europe.

Chamois

A goat-antelope species commonly found in Europe.

Also called the gnu.

Wildebeest

Also called the gnu.

An African mammal and the tallest of all land-living animal species.

Giraffe

An African mammal and the tallest of all land-living animal species.

A species of sheep with large horns.

Rocky Mountain Big-Horn

A species of sheep with large horns.

A breed of domestic goat.

Angora Goat

A breed of domestic goat.