Development, propagation and movement in plants

Development, propagation and movement in plants. Cherry 1 and section showing flesh and stone 2, section of pip 3, wall in pip shell 4, anatomy of a horse chestnut flower 5, pumpkin seed 6, bean seeds 7-9, and leaf movement of a sensitive plant Mimosa oudica 10-13. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1815 Bean Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Carl Bertuch Cherry Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Flesh Friedrich Johann Bertuch Natural History Picture Book For Children Propagation Pumpkin Seed

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