A house plant win a cylindrical flower-pot made with tin cans.

Plant

A house plant win a cylindrical flower-pot made with tin cans.

Flowers in a simple tin can flower-pot.

Plant

Flowers in a simple tin can flower-pot.

Flowers in a tin can flower-pot covered with virgin cork.

Plant

Flowers in a tin can flower-pot covered with virgin cork.

A tea plant.

Tea

A tea plant.

A coffee plant.

Coffee

A coffee plant.

A cocoa plant.

Cocoa

A cocoa plant.

A cotton boll or capsule of a cotton plant.

Cotton

A cotton boll or capsule of a cotton plant.

A full grown cotton worm. Usually feeds on the cotton plant.

Cotton Worm

A full grown cotton worm. Usually feeds on the cotton plant.

A full grown cotton worm. Usually feeds on the cotton plant.

Cotton Worm

A full grown cotton worm. Usually feeds on the cotton plant.

A plant which bears edible berries.

Cranberry

A plant which bears edible berries.

A plant which grows upon or just beneath the surface of the ground, or upon any other surface.

Virginia Creeper

A plant which grows upon or just beneath the surface of the ground, or upon any other surface.

A potato plant.

Potato

A potato plant.

"A terminal plant on a runner as taken from the ground." —Fuller, 1910

Young strawberry plant

"A terminal plant on a runner as taken from the ground." —Fuller, 1910

"This pruning or shortening of the roots causes the production of a new set of fibres from the severed ends. It also causes other roots to push out near the crown, and if a plant thus pruned be taken up in a few weeks after planting, its roots will appear somewhat as shown." —Fuller, 1910

Plant with Roots Pruned

"This pruning or shortening of the roots causes the production of a new set of fibres from the severed…

An annual plant cultivated in gardens, and which serves as a salad. There are many species, most of which attain a height of two feet, bear yellowish flowers, and have variously formed leaves.

Lettuce

An annual plant cultivated in gardens, and which serves as a salad. There are many species, most of…

An ornamental plant of the genius lilium, characterized by an erect stem from a scaly bulb, numerous narror sessily leaves, and one or more large and erect or nodding flowers.

Tiger Lily

An ornamental plant of the genius lilium, characterized by an erect stem from a scaly bulb, numerous…

A plant native to America and Eurasia, and which has a narcotic poison in all of its parts.

Mandrake

A plant native to America and Eurasia, and which has a narcotic poison in all of its parts.

The fruit and plant of the vine-like herb originally from southern Africa. This flowering plant bears an accessory fruit of a type that botanists call a false berry. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon, has a smooth exterior rind and a juicy, sweet, usually red interior flesh.

Watermelon

The fruit and plant of the vine-like herb originally from southern Africa. This flowering plant bears…

Any plant of the genus asclepias, of the milkweed family, so called from the milky juice that exudes from a wound.

Milkweed

Any plant of the genus asclepias, of the milkweed family, so called from the milky juice that exudes…

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power and perpetual life. It has furnished more different art motives than any other object and is almost omnipresent in Persian prayer rugs. The palm signifies a blessing or benediction, the weeping willow stands for death, and the cypress, while being an emblem of mourning, in its perennial freshness and the durability of its wood, is also a very practical symbol of the life to come. It is an Oriental custom to plant cypress trees on the graves of the dead, to place its twigs in the coffins of the dead, and to use its branches to indicate the houses of mourning. In India the cocoanut palm is considered "the tree of desire" or one that fulfils all desires. Its stem serves as a pillar or beam, as a water conduit and as fuel; its leaves supply mats for roofing the houses; its kernel supplies oil; its shell makes water bowls, and the oil of the shell is used as an external application in certain skin affections, etc. It is all useful and supplies all the primitive wants and therefore was much cultivated by the Rishis (Saints) of old, who called it "kalpa taru," literally the tree that supplies all desires. Its presence therefore is auspicious.

Tree Design

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power…

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power and perpetual life. It has furnished more different art motives than any other object and is almost omnipresent in Persian prayer rugs. The palm signifies a blessing or benediction, the weeping willow stands for death, and the cypress, while being an emblem of mourning, in its perennial freshness and the durability of its wood, is also a very practical symbol of the life to come. It is an Oriental custom to plant cypress trees on the graves of the dead, to place its twigs in the coffins of the dead, and to use its branches to indicate the houses of mourning. In India the cocoanut palm is considered "the tree of desire" or one that fulfils all desires. Its stem serves as a pillar or beam, as a water conduit and as fuel; its leaves supply mats for roofing the houses; its kernel supplies oil; its shell makes water bowls, and the oil of the shell is used as an external application in certain skin affections, etc. It is all useful and supplies all the primitive wants and therefore was much cultivated by the Rishis (Saints) of old, who called it "kalpa taru," literally the tree that supplies all desires. Its presence therefore is auspicious.

Tree Design

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power…

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power and perpetual life. It has furnished more different art motives than any other object and is almost omnipresent in Persian prayer rugs. The palm signifies a blessing or benediction, the weeping willow stands for death, and the cypress, while being an emblem of mourning, in its perennial freshness and the durability of its wood, is also a very practical symbol of the life to come. It is an Oriental custom to plant cypress trees on the graves of the dead, to place its twigs in the coffins of the dead, and to use its branches to indicate the houses of mourning. In India the cocoanut palm is considered "the tree of desire" or one that fulfils all desires. Its stem serves as a pillar or beam, as a water conduit and as fuel; its leaves supply mats for roofing the houses; its kernel supplies oil; its shell makes water bowls, and the oil of the shell is used as an external application in certain skin affections, etc. It is all useful and supplies all the primitive wants and therefore was much cultivated by the Rishis (Saints) of old, who called it "kalpa taru," literally the tree that supplies all desires. Its presence therefore is auspicious.

Tree Design

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power…

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power and perpetual life. It has furnished more different art motives than any other object and is almost omnipresent in Persian prayer rugs. The palm signifies a blessing or benediction, the weeping willow stands for death, and the cypress, while being an emblem of mourning, in its perennial freshness and the durability of its wood, is also a very practical symbol of the life to come. It is an Oriental custom to plant cypress trees on the graves of the dead, to place its twigs in the coffins of the dead, and to use its branches to indicate the houses of mourning. In India the cocoanut palm is considered "the tree of desire" or one that fulfils all desires. Its stem serves as a pillar or beam, as a water conduit and as fuel; its leaves supply mats for roofing the houses; its kernel supplies oil; its shell makes water bowls, and the oil of the shell is used as an external application in certain skin affections, etc. It is all useful and supplies all the primitive wants and therefore was much cultivated by the Rishis (Saints) of old, who called it "kalpa taru," literally the tree that supplies all desires. Its presence therefore is auspicious.

Tree Design

Sometimes called the tree of life. Always associated with religious belief. It symbolizes Divine power…

An edible bulb, produced by a biennial herb of the lily family. The plant has tubulated leaves, a pithy stalk bearing the seed, and the bulb has a strong odor and taste due to an acrid volatile oil that is destroyed by boiling.

Onion

An edible bulb, produced by a biennial herb of the lily family. The plant has tubulated leaves, a pithy…

The milky juice obtained fom the unripe capsules of several species of the poppy, which is rendered concrete and dark colored by exposure to the air. the poppy is cultivated in many places as a garden plant for its beautiful single or double flowers of white, violet, red, or variegated colors, but in Turkey, India, China, Hindustan, and other countries it is grown extensively in plantations for its yield of opium.

Opium

The milky juice obtained fom the unripe capsules of several species of the poppy, which is rendered…

A trailing plant of the bean family, bearing a hairy stem, small yellow flowers, and two-paired primate leaflets. The flowers are sterile above ground. After they wither, the forming stalk of the ovary bends downward and forces the young pod underground, and the seeds mature some distance below the surface.

Peanut

A trailing plant of the bean family, bearing a hairy stem, small yellow flowers, and two-paired primate…

A tropical plant much esteemed and cultivated for its fruit. It is so named because the fruit somewhat resembles in appearance the cone of the pine.

Pineapple

A tropical plant much esteemed and cultivated for its fruit. It is so named because the fruit somewhat…

A group of plants remarkable for having leaves or petioles formed like pitchers, and in which more or less fluid is stored. There are two general divisions, known as the American and East Indian pitcher plant families.

Pitcher Plants

A group of plants remarkable for having leaves or petioles formed like pitchers, and in which more or…

A fleshy plant grown extensively as a garden vegetable. It is thought to be native to India, where it was cultivated in ancient times, and was brought from that country to Europe and America.

Radish

A fleshy plant grown extensively as a garden vegetable. It is thought to be native to India, where it…

A shrubby plant belonging to the same genus as the blackberry. It is cultivated extensively as a garden fruit.

Raspberry

A shrubby plant belonging to the same genus as the blackberry. It is cultivated extensively as a garden…

An annual cereal plant native to India, but now extensively naturalized and cultivated for its seed.

Rice

An annual cereal plant native to India, but now extensively naturalized and cultivated for its seed.

An import cereal plant. It is native to the Levant but is cultivated extensively in temperate climates, especially in western Europe.

Rye

An import cereal plant. It is native to the Levant but is cultivated extensively in temperate climates,…

A plant resembling broom-corn, and closely related to the sugar-cane.

Sorghum

A plant resembling broom-corn, and closely related to the sugar-cane.

A widely cultivated plant of the nightshade order, and belonging to the genus nicotiana.

Tobacco

A widely cultivated plant of the nightshade order, and belonging to the genus nicotiana.

A plant of the nightshade family, which is extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. The tomato is native to South America, whence it was introduced to the United States about 1830.

Tomato

A plant of the nightshade family, which is extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. The tomato is…

An ornamental bulbous plant, native to tropical America and Asia, and cultivated in gardens for its fragrant white flowers.

Tuberose

An ornamental bulbous plant, native to tropical America and Asia, and cultivated in gardens for its…

A biennial plant of the mustard family, which is cultivated for its fleshy globular, edible root.

Turnips

A biennial plant of the mustard family, which is cultivated for its fleshy globular, edible root.

This illustration shows a potato plant. The tubers are the thickened ends of the under ground stems.

Potato Plant

This illustration shows a potato plant. The tubers are the thickened ends of the under ground stems.

Minute plant-feeding insects. They vary in size from 1-10 mm long.

Plant Louse

Minute plant-feeding insects. They vary in size from 1-10 mm long.

This illustration shows the roots of the oat plant.

Oat Plant

This illustration shows the roots of the oat plant.

This illustration shows the roots of young alfalfa plants, showing nodules.

Alfalfa Plant

This illustration shows the roots of young alfalfa plants, showing nodules.

A plant belonging to the Fabaceae, that is, pea family. It is often used as fodder.

Red Clover

A plant belonging to the Fabaceae, that is, pea family. It is often used as fodder.

This illustration shows a stem of a plant. e; epidermis; s, stoma; p, palisade mesophyll; ch, chloroplast; sp, spongy mesophyll; i, intercellular spaces; v, small vein cut across; l, end of vein seen from the side, sonsisting of elongated and banded cells.

Epidermis

This illustration shows a stem of a plant. e; epidermis; s, stoma; p, palisade mesophyll; ch, chloroplast;…

This illustration shows a section across a stoma. The stoma is the tiny opening or pore, found mostly on the undersurface of a plant leaf, and used for gas exchange.

Stoma

This illustration shows a section across a stoma. The stoma is the tiny opening or pore, found mostly…

A genus of the plant family Araliaceae, consisting of about 30 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs.

Aralia

A genus of the plant family Araliaceae, consisting of about 30 species of deciduous and evergreen trees…

Figure A shows the leaf position of the light sensitive plant, Mimosa in sunlight. Figure B shows it in darkness.

Mimosa

Figure A shows the leaf position of the light sensitive plant, Mimosa in sunlight. Figure B shows it…

This illustration shows a close up of the plant tradescantia. It shows the delicate character of the cells and the raised stoma of this shade plant.

Tradescantia

This illustration shows a close up of the plant tradescantia. It shows the delicate character of the…

This illustration shows a section of the leaf of skunk cabbage, Spathyema. Note the poorly developed palisade tissue and the loose arrangement of the cells of this plant which lives in moist, shaded places.

Spathyema

This illustration shows a section of the leaf of skunk cabbage, Spathyema. Note the poorly developed…

This illustration shows the features in the life history of Chlamydomonas: A, character of the motile plant. B, conjugation of isogamous gametes. C, a plant dividing to form numerous small male gametes. D, a plant forming two large female gametes. E, male and female gametes about to conjugate.

Chlamydomonas

This illustration shows the features in the life history of Chlamydomonas: A, character of the motile…

This illustration shows the features in the life history of Pandorina: A, a colony of plants. B, each plant of the colony dividing to form a new colony. C, the plants of a colony escaping as gametes. D, the conjugation of two gametes of unequal size. E, later stage in the conjugation. F, gametospore or resting spore. G, Large zoospore formed from the gametospore. H, a colony formed by the division of the zoospore, G.

Pandorina

This illustration shows the features in the life history of Pandorina: A, a colony of plants. B, each…

This illustration shows the colonial forms of unicellular green algae: A, Pediastrum, the plants of the colony being arranged in a flat plate. B, a view of the outer cells of the colony showing the formation of a new colony. C, one of these new colonies. D, a plant of the water net containing a young colony. E, enlarged view of one of the meshes of a net showing the geometrical arrangement of the plants.

Green Algae

This illustration shows the colonial forms of unicellular green algae: A, Pediastrum, the plants of…

This illustration shows the germination of the spore Sphagnum: A, early growth of the spore. B, later development-sp, spore; b, bud developing into moss plant. C, margin of the thallus, showing the origin of the bud.

Sphagnum

This illustration shows the germination of the spore Sphagnum: A, early growth of the spore. B, later…

This illustration shows a common cultivated Selaginella: I, habit of the plant-s, strobili; b, a branch bearing roots, r. 1A, portion of the stem, showing leaf arrangement.

Selaginella

This illustration shows a common cultivated Selaginella: I, habit of the plant-s, strobili; b, a branch…

A creeping herb plant.

Cucurbita

A creeping herb plant.

This illustration shows stages in the germination of the gametospore of Lepidium, sectional view: A, micropylar end of embryo sac, showing the enlarging gametospore provided with cell wall and attached to wall of sac. B, later growth-s, suspensor; e, embryo cell; en, endosperm cells. C, pro-embryo after first division of embryo cell. D, further divisions of embryo cell, showing formation of an epidermis and a central stem region. E, later growth, two growing regions, the cotyledons, appearing on the sides of the stem. F, plant or embryo, consisting of two cotyledons, c; stem, st, which terminates in the root, r; the endosperm cells, en, are ebing absorbed by the enlarging embryo; s, suspensor.

Lepidium

This illustration shows stages in the germination of the gametospore of Lepidium, sectional view: A,…

A common fern plant.

Fern

A common fern plant.

A common fern plant.

Fern

A common fern plant.

This illustration shows a portion of switchgrass. It is a warm-season plant and it is one of the dominany species of the central North America tallgrass prairie. Switchgrass can be found in remnant prairies, along roadsides, pastures or as an ornamental in gardens.

Redtop

This illustration shows a portion of switchgrass. It is a warm-season plant and it is one of the dominany…

This is an illustration of the Indian Millet plant. It is native to Nevada and Utah in the southwestern United States.

Indian Millet

This is an illustration of the Indian Millet plant. It is native to Nevada and Utah in the southwestern…

In architecture, a piercing or panel divided by cusps or foliations into four leaves, or more correctly the leaf shaped figure formed by the cusps. It is supposed to represent the four leaves of a cruciform plant.

Quatrefoil

In architecture, a piercing or panel divided by cusps or foliations into four leaves, or more correctly…