"Make the little vases of large punk rosebuds; those begining to unfold are the best. Peel off the outside…
"Use the entire blossom mingled with buds and green leaves, all short stemmed, not longer than three…
"Ruyschia amazonica. 1. a calyx and pistil; 2. a section of the ovary; 3. a seed; 4. the same, with…
A pink flower that typically blooms in June. The elliptical leaves are dark green, with silver specks…
"Pasture Sage-brush (Artemisia frigida). a, leaf; b, flower-head; c, fertile flower; d, marginal flower."…
An arrow-fronded fern with blackish, long leaves. They are common between Venezuela and Brazil.
Shown are the orders of Salicaceae, Myricaceae, Juglandaceae, and Betulaceae. Illustrated are various…
"3. a flower of Salsola Kali; 4. its ripe fruit; 5. the same magnified, with a portion of the leafy…
"Salvertia convallariodora. 1. an expanded flower; 2. a portion of the calyx, with the stamens; 3. a…
"Upper part of stem with the inflorescence of Samphire (Crithmum maritimum). (a), a flower; (b), the…
Santalum album is a small tropical tree cultivated for its fragrant oil and medicinal uses.
"Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia). a, capsule surrounded by the scarious calyx; b, expanded…
"Sassafras (Sassafras sassafras). 1. Branch with fruits. 2. Branch with sterile flowers. a, b, c, different…
The Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis) is a flowering plant of the Lamiaceae family. The image shows…
A scape is a flowering, leafless stem; shown here on two different plants. "1. Wild hyacinth (Scilla…
"Schubertia multiflora. 1. the anthers united to the stigma; 2. the ovary and stigma, from the latter…
A white flower with stripes of blue down the center. It typically blooms in the Spring, and is found…
Section of a flower moderately enlarged, showing a part of the petals and stamens, all five styles,…
3, The Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) and 4, the Fringed Sedge (Carex crinita).
The flowers and plant of Senna alexandrina which was once known as Cassia acutifolia.
A branch of the Canadian Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis), a shrub or small tree, showing flowers.
"Sesamum indicum. 1. a ripe fruit; 2. one of its halves; 3. a seed; 4. a cross section of it." -Lindley,…
The Sesame (Sesamum orientale, Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the Pedaliaceae family of pedaliums…
This lace shawl was made using a "pusher bobbin net machine". The design is made of small delicate flowers…
"Plant with Flowers and Fruits of Shepherd's-purse" (Capsella bursa-pastoris) "a, flower; b, a pod."…
Shoot of Horse-chestnut, of one year's growth, taken in autumn after the leaves have fallen; showing…
Fruit of Silver Maple, Acer dasycarpum, of natural size, the seed-bearing portion divided to show seed.
Silver Maple seed open out, to show the thick cotyledons and the little plumule or bud between them.
"Branch of Simarouba amara, with female flowers. a, a male flower; b, a female flower." -Whitney, 1911
"Flowering plant of sanicle (Sanicula marilandica). (a), a male flower; (b), the fruit." -Whitney, 1911
"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…
"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…
"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…
Of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae), the small snapdragon (Antirrhinum Orontium).
Snow-on-the-mountain and ghost weed are the common names of euphorbia marginata. It is native from the…
"Sapindus senegalensis. 1. an expanded flower; 2. a petal; 3. the ovaries before fertilisation; 4. a…
Also known as Polygonatum multiflorum. Consists of several peduncles and white flowers. They are commonly…
"Oxalis confertissima. 1. calyx; 2. stamens; 3. pistil; 4. seed and its section of O. acetosella" (common…
Tradescantia virginica. "It is a native of the central and southern United States, and was early introduced…