Leave from base of scrape bearing button like whitish heads of minute flowers; roots with cross-constrctions.
"Escallonia pulverulenta. 1. a flower; 2. a cross section of the ovary; 3. fruit; 4. seed; 5. its perpendicular…
"Escallonia macrantha. Escallonia is a South American genus of trees or shrubs, of the natural order…
A genus of plants of natural order Scropulariaceæ. having a tubular calyx, the upper lip of the…
An illustration of a fairy and a young girl sitting in a tree and is uprooted and flying in the air.
The plant and fruit of the False Rue Anemone (Isopyrum biternatum). It is a flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae…
"7. a flower of Chenopodium album; 8. a section of the same, showing the superior ovary; 9. its seed…
"7. locusta of Stipa pennata" (Feather Grass); "8. rachis, bracteae, and florets of Cynosurus cristatus"…
The spore-cases and cup of Trichomanes radicans or the Aerialroot Bristle Fern.
Schizaea pusilla, or Little Curlygrass Fern is a small species of fern in the Curlygrass family (Schizaeaceae).…
"Top, lateral pinna from a leaf of Marattia jraxinea. Below at left, synangium of same. At right, corss-section…
A species of Seed Fern (Sphenopteris obtusiloba) is a fossil fern in the Carboniferous Era.
A species of Seed Fern (Sphenopteris latifolia) is a fossil fern in the Carboniferous period.
A hanging basket filled with ferns. The handles of the basket are covered with German ivy.
This illustration shows the fertilization of a flower, by means of a pollen tube entering a micropyle,…
This illustration shows fertilization of a flower, by means of pollen falling from stamens (male organ)…
The fruit of Ficus carica, which is native to Asia. The genus is an enormous one in the tropics. There…
This illustration shows a Figwort, a member of the genus Scrophularia. It has the characteristic features…
"The inflorescence of Maryland Figwort (Scrophularia Marylandica). a, the flower; b, the fruit; c, a…
A younger version of Polypodium tenellum. It is woody and wide-creeping when young.
"Cheiranthera linearis; 2. its pistil and stamens; 3. a cross section of its ovary; 4. a seed of Pittosporum…
"The most common variety of the flax plant has a very slender erect stem, two or three feet high, branching…
"1. Polyplocium inquinans, divided vertically, natural size; 2. flocci and spores; 3 and 4, the same…
A plant with solitary pink flowers, with yellow disks. They generally reach up to 2 feet in height,…
Also known as Ficus aurea. A branch of a Florida Strangler Fig tree, native to the state of Florida.
Also known as Taxus floridana. A rare species of yew found in northern Florida.
"Nature, pervades the air, where grow the modest blue-eyed violets, the fragrant trailing arbutus, spicy…
This gigantic flower, one of the marvels of the vegetable world, was discovered in the interior Sumatra…
The flower of the Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus), the sole species in the Butomaceae family.
A European plant which grows in stagnant or nearly stagnant water. It has long, sword-shaped leaves,…
"The hanging basket is filled with dried Everlasting Flowers and Grasses, in their natural colors. Some…
"The Early French Forcing is the leading variety for hot-bed culture. The plants have but a very small…
This illustration shows a form of a stamen, the part of a flower that holds pollen for reproduction.
This illustration shows a form of a stamen, the part of a flower that holds pollen for reproduction.
This illustration shows a form of a stamen, the part of a flower that holds pollen for reproduction.
Eremopteris artemisiaefolia is a species of "a genus of fossil ferns, separated from Sphenopteris."…