Petits cocos (various seeds)

Title

Petits cocos (various seeds)

Record type

Drawings

Original Reference

A/RV/V2/58

Author or creator

unsigned

Date

c.1800

Scope & content

Watercolour of nine varieties of seeds and stones shown in pairs, numbered 1-9. 1. [blank] / 2. Small cocos / 3. Whole nux metella. The current botanical name is Datura metel, nux metella is a synonym / 4. [?] / 5. [?] 6. cypress 'nuts' (cones). The current botanical name is Cupressus. 9. 'Twins apricot kernels from our Garden of Bruges [Joseph van Huern's garden at Averloo]'

Level

Item

Extent

1 item

Physical description

Watercolour on laid paper, bound

Is part of

Regne Végétal

Pagination

Volume 2, page 58

Subjects

Datura metel

cupressus

cones

seed

apricot stone

bean

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

No known copyright restrictions

Credit Line

RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

Public Domain