The larva of a spittle insect

Spittlebug

The larva of a spittle insect

The adult Spittle Insect

Spittlebug

The adult Spittle Insect

Oak tree leaf

Oak

Oak tree leaf

A bread-fruit tree with cuneate-ovate pinnatifid leaves, male flowers in a club-shaped deciduous catkin, and female flowers in rounded clusters.

Bread-Fruit Tree

A bread-fruit tree with cuneate-ovate pinnatifid leaves, male flowers in a club-shaped deciduous catkin,…

Transverse section of the male spike with numerous flowers

Bread-Fruit Tree

Transverse section of the male spike with numerous flowers

Male flowers

Bread-Fruit Tree

Male flowers

Single male flower separated, with a perianth in 2 segments and a single stamen

Bread-Fruit Tree

Single male flower separated, with a perianth in 2 segments and a single stamen

Female flowers

Bread-Fruit Tree

Female flowers

Single female flower separated, with ovary, style and bifid stigma

Bread-Fruit Tree

Single female flower separated, with ovary, style and bifid stigma

Ovary laid open to show the ovule

Bread-Fruit Tree

Ovary laid open to show the ovule

A variety of the ovary with 2 loculaments

Bread-Fruit Tree

A variety of the ovary with 2 loculaments

Transverse section of a bilocular ovary.

Bread-Fruit Tree

Transverse section of a bilocular ovary.

"Ethelbert met Augustine in the open air, under a tree at Canterbury, and heard him tell about the true God and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent; and, after some time, and a great deal of teaching, Ethelbert gave up worshiping Wooden and Thor, and believed in the true God and was baptized, and many of his people with him."

Augustine and Ethelbert

"Ethelbert met Augustine in the open air, under a tree at Canterbury, and heard him tell about the true…

A tropical tree of the legume family, whose pods are used in the production of food and drinks.

Tamarind

A tropical tree of the legume family, whose pods are used in the production of food and drinks.

A tree that produces the kola nut.

Kola

A tree that produces the kola nut.

Section of a Pine-seed, showing its polycotyledonous embryo in the centre of the albumen; moderately magnified.

Section of Pine-seed

Section of a Pine-seed, showing its polycotyledonous embryo in the centre of the albumen; moderately…

Spiny leafed trees or shrubs with bipinnate leaves

Acacia

Spiny leafed trees or shrubs with bipinnate leaves

Seedling of pine-seed, showing the freshly expanded six cotyledons in a whorl, and the plumule just appearing.

Seedling of Pine-seed

Seedling of pine-seed, showing the freshly expanded six cotyledons in a whorl, and the plumule just…

A rosaceous tree that produces flowers

Kousso

A rosaceous tree that produces flowers

An African palm that produces ginger bread flavored fruit that is very fibrous.

Doum palm

An African palm that produces ginger bread flavored fruit that is very fibrous.

An auxiliary bud, concealed under the hollowed base of the leafstalk, in Buttonwood or Plane-tree.

Auxiliary Bud

An auxiliary bud, concealed under the hollowed base of the leafstalk, in Buttonwood or Plane-tree.

An American Elm, with Spruce-trees, and on the left Arbor Vitae.

Field of Trees

An American Elm, with Spruce-trees, and on the left Arbor Vitae.

Alternate leaves, in Linden, Lime-tree, or Basswood.

Alternate Leaves

Alternate leaves, in Linden, Lime-tree, or Basswood.

Piece of a branch of Pitch Pine, with three leaves in a fascicle or bundle, in the axial of a thin scale, which answers to a primary leaf. The bundle is surrounded at the base by a short sheath, formed of the delicate scales of the auxiliary bud.

Pitch Pine

Piece of a branch of Pitch Pine, with three leaves in a fascicle or bundle, in the axial of a thin scale,…

Shoot with its leaves 5-ranked, the sixth leaf over the first; as in the Apple-tree.

Apple-tree

Shoot with its leaves 5-ranked, the sixth leaf over the first; as in the Apple-tree.

Opposite leaves of Euonymus, or Spindle-tree, showing the successive pairs crossing each other at right angles.

Spindle-tree

Opposite leaves of Euonymus, or Spindle-tree, showing the successive pairs crossing each other at right…

Of Tulip-tree, with adnate (and extrorse) anther.

Tulip-tree

Of Tulip-tree, with adnate (and extrorse) anther.

A scene from the story, "The Fir Tree."

The Fir Tree

A scene from the story, "The Fir Tree."

A scene from the story, "The Fir Tree."

The Fir Tree

A scene from the story, "The Fir Tree."

A scene from the story, "The Fir Tree."

The Fir Tree

A scene from the story, "The Fir Tree."

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

Under the Willow Tree

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

Under the Willow Tree

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

Under the Willow Tree

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

Under the Willow Tree

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

Under the Willow Tree

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

Under the Willow Tree

A scene from the story, "Under the Willow Tree."

A scene from the story, "Elder-Tree Mother."

Elder-Tree Mother

A scene from the story, "Elder-Tree Mother."

A tree whose wood is soft and red. It is a wetland tree that grows throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Alder

A tree whose wood is soft and red. It is a wetland tree that grows throughout the Americas, Europe and…

A tree with white blossoms that are very aromatic. As an herb, it is used for culianry and medicinal purposes.

Allspice

A tree with white blossoms that are very aromatic. As an herb, it is used for culianry and medicinal…

A tree with pinkish blossoms whose fruit is very fiborous. It is native to Asia and Africa but is grown in England and Europe for it's fruit.

Almond

A tree with pinkish blossoms whose fruit is very fiborous. It is native to Asia and Africa but is grown…

The pink blossom of an almond tree.

Almond

The pink blossom of an almond tree.

The fruit of an almond tree.

Almond

The fruit of an almond tree.

As it were of three grains or cells united; the lateral empty and light.

Pine Pollen

As it were of three grains or cells united; the lateral empty and light.

Cone of a common Pitch Pine.

Pitch Pine

Cone of a common Pitch Pine.

Inside view of a separated scale or open carpel of a Pitch Pine cone with a seed in place.

Pitch Pine Seed

Inside view of a separated scale or open carpel of a Pitch Pine cone with a seed in place.

The seed of a Pitch Pine cone.

Pitch Pine Seed Wing

The seed of a Pitch Pine cone.

Magnified bit of a pine-shaving, taken parallel with the silver grain.

Pine-shaving

Magnified bit of a pine-shaving, taken parallel with the silver grain.

A Tree-Fern, Dicksonia arborescens, with a young one near its base. In front a common herbaceous Fern (Polypodium vulgare) with its creeping stem or rootstock.

Tree-Fern

A Tree-Fern, Dicksonia arborescens, with a young one near its base. In front a common herbaceous Fern…

A section of the trunk of a Tree-Fern.

Tree-Fern Trunk

A section of the trunk of a Tree-Fern.

Eriosoma Lanigera, or the Wooly Apple-Tree Blight. These insects appropriate for their generic name two Greek words, signifying wool and body, the insect being partially enveloped in a cottony or wool-like secretion, furnished from its own body. The eggs are deposited in crotches or cracks of the branches or bark, often at or near the surface of the ground, or on new shoots springing from the parent tree.

Wooly Aphid

Eriosoma Lanigera, or the Wooly Apple-Tree Blight. These insects appropriate for their generic name…

The pine-tree shilling, an early form of currency in colonial America.

Pine-tree Shilling

The pine-tree shilling, an early form of currency in colonial America.

The Charter Oak, where the Connecticut Charter was temporarily hidden.

Charter Oak

The Charter Oak, where the Connecticut Charter was temporarily hidden.

Paris green was used as a popular pigment in artist's paints because of the brilliance of the green. In the 1900's it was used as an insecticide for produce where it was blended with lead arsenate. This heavily toxic mixture is said to have burned the trees and the grass around the tree.

Paris Green Sifter

Paris green was used as a popular pigment in artist's paints because of the brilliance of the green.…

Scenery of the Egyptian desert with pyramids in the background.

Egyptian Desert

Scenery of the Egyptian desert with pyramids in the background.

A tree that produces melons.

Melon Tree

A tree that produces melons.

The tree that produces the tropical fruit banana.

Banana

The tree that produces the tropical fruit banana.

A South American tree whose dried leaves produce a tea when boiled.

Paraguay Tea

A South American tree whose dried leaves produce a tea when boiled.

A South American palm whose fibrous make up is used in industry and it also produces te coquilla nut.

Coquila Palm

A South American palm whose fibrous make up is used in industry and it also produces te coquilla nut.

A type of cactus.

Chili palm

A type of cactus.