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A revolving flower stand made of wire.

Novelty Revolving Stand

A revolving flower stand made of wire.

A hanging flower-pot stand.

Hanging Flower-Pot Stand

A hanging flower-pot stand.

"The imitation log baskets are made of the same material as the common flower pots, and painted in imitation of a log; therefore it is necessary to be careful not to water them too much."—Heinrich, 1887

Log Basket

"The imitation log baskets are made of the same material as the common flower pots, and painted in imitation…

A flowering plant native to the eastern Mediterranean region.

Hyacinth

A flowering plant native to the eastern Mediterranean region.

Two hyacinths being grown in a glass pot.

Two Hyacinths in Glass

Two hyacinths being grown in a glass pot.

"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 pot in the shape of a bee hive that can be used to grow hyacinths.

Bee Hive Pot

A pot in the shape of a bee hive that can be used to grow hyacinths.

A pot in the shape of a hedgehog that can be used to grow hyacinths in.

Hedgehog Pot

A pot in the shape of a hedgehog that can be used to grow hyacinths in.

A bulbous plant with showy flowers and lanceolate leaves.

Tulip

A bulbous plant with showy flowers and lanceolate leaves.

A type of tulip, which is by far the finest in color.

Parrot Tulip

A type of tulip, which is by far the finest in color.

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…

"In 1870, Saxafraga sarmentosa was introduced, being beautifully and more distinctly variegated with white and rose colored markings on the leaves, but it is apt to run back to the original species."—Heinrich, 1887

Saxafraga Sarmentosa

"In 1870, Saxafraga sarmentosa was introduced, being beautifully and more distinctly variegated with…

"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…

A true lily that is native to Japan. The flower color is white with gold radial markings and orange spots. They are the largest and strongest-scented of any of the lily species.

Lilium Auratum

A true lily that is native to Japan. The flower color is white with gold radial markings and orange…

"L. Brownii has been considered by some a very difficult species to grow, whereas the whole secret of success is in getting healthy bulbs, which seldom arrive in good condition, as they are very sensitive to rough handling and to being kept long out of the ground."—Heinrich, 1887

Lilium Brownii

"L. Brownii has been considered by some a very difficult species to grow, whereas the whole secret of…

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 aquarium well filled and stocked with plants, fish, etc., is one of the finest ornaments one can have in the room."—Heinrich, 1887

The Aquarium

"An aquarium well filled and stocked with plants, fish, etc., is one of the finest ornaments one can…

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…

"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…

"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.

"The Rhizoma or Rootstock grows in a nearly horizontal direction, emitting roots from its under side, increasing by one extremity only, at which it puts forth leaves and flower-stems, and gradually dying at the other. Its surface is generally marked by irregular ridges formed by the bases of decayed leaves."—Darby, 1855

Rhizoma Root

"The Rhizoma or Rootstock grows in a nearly horizontal direction, emitting roots from its under side,…

A corolla with a very short tube and a spreading limb.

Rotate Corolla

A corolla with a very short tube and a spreading limb.

A corolla with a regularly expanding tube.

Funnel-Shaped Corolla

A corolla with a regularly expanding tube.

"When the corolla is separated into two unequal divisions, called the anterior, or lower, and posterior, or upper lips."—Darby, 1855

Ringent Corolla

"When the corolla is separated into two unequal divisions, called the anterior, or lower, and posterior,…

"When the petals stand side by side with the claw, gradually expanding into a limb."—Darby, 1855

Liliaceous Corolla

"When the petals stand side by side with the claw, gradually expanding into a limb."—Darby, 1855

"When there are several spreading petals without claws."—Darby, 1855

Rosaceous Corolla

"When there are several spreading petals without claws."—Darby, 1855

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

Florets

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

"Umbel is formed when the secondary axes originate from the same point on the stem, and rise to nearly the same height. The whole is called a universal umbel. If the secondary axes develop tertiary ones in the same manner, each is called a partial umbel."—Darby, 1855

Umbels

"Umbel is formed when the secondary axes originate from the same point on the stem, and rise to nearly…

"Cyme is produced when a single flower at the top of the stem has two branches, one on each side, which in turn subdivides in the same way."—Darby, 1855

Cyme

"Cyme is produced when a single flower at the top of the stem has two branches, one on each side, which…

"When the ovary is composed of several carpels, the carpels are arranged with the midrib placed outwardly, and the margins turned inward toward the center, as seen in the transverse section of the Hibiscus, which is composed of five carpels, with their margins meeting in the center, forming a central placenta, to which the seeds are attached."

Section of Hibiscus

"When the ovary is composed of several carpels, the carpels are arranged with the midrib placed outwardly,…

"If in Fig. 132, a, a, a, a, a, represent five stamens, and b, b, as many carpels, it will be observed that the stamens occupy alternate positions in respect to the carpels."—Darby, 1855

Arrangement of Stamens and Carpels

"If in Fig. 132, a, a, a, a, a, represent five stamens, and b, b, as many carpels, it will be observed…

"When the carpels consist of several whorls on the same plane, the individuals of contiguous whorls follow the same law of alternation, as is exhibited in Fig. 133, in which a represents the axis, b b the whorl contiguous to it, and c c the exterior whorl."—Darby, 1855

Two Whorls of Carpels

"When the carpels consist of several whorls on the same plane, the individuals of contiguous whorls…

"The Nut or Glans is a one-celled fruit, with a hardened pericarp, surrounded by bracts."—Darby, 1855

Nut or Glans

"The Nut or Glans is a one-celled fruit, with a hardened pericarp, surrounded by bracts."—Darby,…

The cone of the magnolia. It has a single carpel with one or several seeds.

Cone of the Magnolia

The cone of the magnolia. It has a single carpel with one or several seeds.

"The power of speaking to the eyes and heart, / Is great; and is indeed a wondrous art; / It mighty proves; it scorns the tyrant's power, / And will remain extant till earth's last hour: / And useful book may live from age to age, / And those unborn, may read its printed page."—Barber, 1857

Good Books Create Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness

"The power of speaking to the eyes and heart, / Is great; and is indeed a wondrous art; / It mighty…

A floral capital letter N.

Floral Letter N

A floral capital letter N.

A floral capital letter N with leaves.

Floral Capital N

A floral capital letter N with leaves.

A small, ornate rosette.

Ornate Stamp

A small, ornate rosette.

A monument to represent the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between Argentina and Chile.

The Christ of the Andes

A monument to represent the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between Argentina and Chile.

"But who are the little boys with the silver badges about the size of a half-dollar on their coats, who are running to and fro with letters and papers in their hands? They do not seem to be more than twelve or fifteen years of age. Those are the pages of Congress; they run errands for the congressman; and each receives two dollars and fifty cents a day for his work."—Carpenter, 1898.

A Page

"But who are the little boys with the silver badges about the size of a half-dollar on their coats,…

"The Bordure of Border surrounds the field, and generally covers one-fifth of the shield."—Aveling, 1891

Bordure of Border Shield

"The Bordure of Border surrounds the field, and generally covers one-fifth of the shield."—Aveling,…

"The Fimbriated Cross is a cross having a border of another tincture, generally for the purpose of allowing it, if it be of metal, to be placed upon a field of another metal; the fimbration, or intervening border, being of a color to prevent the violation of the rule that 'metal cannot be placed upon metal, or color upon color.'"—Aveling, 1891

Frimbriated Cross

"The Fimbriated Cross is a cross having a border of another tincture, generally for the purpose of allowing…

The heraldic charge borne by the sixth eldest son in a family.

The Fleur-de-lis

The heraldic charge borne by the sixth eldest son in a family.

The heraldic charge borne by the seventh eldest son in a family.

The Rose

The heraldic charge borne by the seventh eldest son in a family.

"A winter annual of the mustard family, which is quite sure to be found producing much seed on roadsides and on other waste areas."—The Federal Digest, 1921

French-Weed

"A winter annual of the mustard family, which is quite sure to be found producing much seed on roadsides…

A decorative capital letter W with a floral pattern surrounding it.

Capital Letter W

A decorative capital letter W with a floral pattern surrounding it.

A perennial thistle with arching green leaves and edible flowers.

Artichoke

A perennial thistle with arching green leaves and edible flowers.

A species of sunflower cultivated for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.

Jerusalem Artichoke

A species of sunflower cultivated for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.

A plant consisting of very small flowers collected together in a composite flower head.

Dandelion

A plant consisting of very small flowers collected together in a composite flower head.