Watercolours of eight varieties of seeds and nuts, numbered 1-8. Plant Kingdom / 1. Carniolaria / 2. 'Heart of St Thomas' (St Thomas bean or Entada phaseoloides), # white, black [on the outside], whitish when the shell is removed' / 3. Tonka nut (Dipteryx odorata), with bark, sweet smell of tobacco / 4. nut or seed / 5. acorn from a large cerris oak, (Quercus cerris, the English vernacular name is Turkey oak) / 6. Flat 'plate' of the 'heart of St Thomas' (St Thomas bean or Entada phaseoloides) / 7. Virginia nuts [?] peanuts, Mr le Baron Charles de Croeser, son of my nephew, bought for me from England / 8. 'black' / in English the big nuts are called filberts (Hazelnuts), the medium ones are Walnuts, and the little ones are like the filberts nuts'