This is an illustration of the Indian Millet plant. It is native to Nevada and Utah in the southwestern…
Cleodora refers to a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. The best known member of this genus…
This illustration shows the largest of the four species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. The…
A Scottish poet, born at Leadhills, Lanarkshire to John Ramsay, superintendent of Lord Hopetoun's lead-mines…
A species of pine native to southern Europe. It is widely known for its edible pine nuts since prehistoric…
This is the earliest representation which we have of the natives of the New World, showing such as were…
The common ivy is a wellknown native of Britian and most parts of Europe and some parts of America.…
"The national emblem of Ireland, is a plant with a leaf formed from three leaflets. It is thought to…
Tall grasses native to the warm temperate and tropical climates. They contain stout fibrous stalks with…
The fruit of Ficus carica, which is native to Asia. The genus is an enormous one in the tropics. There…
"Bird-catching Spider, a name originally given to a large spider, Mygale avicularia, a native of Cayenne…
"An annual plant of the same genus with tares, a native of countries near the Mediterranean, and which…
"The lion holds an important place among the animals born in coat-armor. As early as the 12th century,…
"The lion holds an important place among the animals born in coat-armor. As early as the 12th century,…
"The lion holds an important place among the animals born in coat-armor. As early as the 12th century,…
"The lion holds an important place among the animals born in coat-armor. As early as the 12th century,…
"The lion holds an important place among the animals born in coat-armor. As early as the 12th century,…
"The lion holds an important place among the animals born in coat-armor. As early as the 12th century,…
"A genus of plants almost exclusively native to the warm parts of America, and belonging to the natural…
A biennial herb native to Europe. Its leaves and flowers are poisonous to humans and some animals.
A butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. It has wings that are dark red with a yellow border.
A fish native to the Mediterranean and Alantic waters. Usually silver in color and rosy on its back.
"In the year 1589 the stocking-frame, the machine which mechanically produces the looped stitch in hosiery,…
"A plant of the natural order Umbelliefrae, a native of the elevated table-lands in the neighborhood…
"A plant of the natural order Aristolochiaceae, a native of Europe, growing in woods; rare, and perhaps…
"A tree which grows plentifully in Europe and in Siberia. It is a native of Britain, and is frequent…
"An erect, branching perennial, herbaceous plant of the natural order Labiatae, a native of the south…
"A tree cultivated in the south of Europe, and other warm, temperate, or sub-tropical countries for…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Umbelliferae, having petals bent in at the middle, and flat…
"A common native of pastures in England and many other parts of Europe, although rare in Scotland, a…
"A small procumbent shrub, of the natural order Empetraceae, a native of the northern parts of the world,…
"The name commonly given in the West Indies and other tropical countries to the fruits of certain species…
"A genus of palms, the most important species of which is the common Date Palm, the Palm Tree of Scripture,…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Liliaceae, having a perianth with bell-shaped limb, and sub-cylindrical…