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seeds

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt
Scope Note: A plant structure that develops from an ovule and has as parts an embryo enclosed in a seed coat.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0120
Content Description The Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection contains over 150,000 catalogs from nursery and seed companies in the United States and countries around the world. The catalogs contain information regarding sources, prices, and descriptions of plant material offered for sale by nurserymen, growers, and seedsmen. The bulk of the catalogs were published by U.S. companies. The collection was started in 1904 by Percy Leroy Ricker, an economic botanist for the U.S. Department of...
Dates: 1724-2013; Majority of material found within 1890-2003
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Karen Faul Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0549
Content Description

The Karen Faul Papers include scientific illustrations, photo slides, and mounted drawings of grass seeds used in publications and reports of the Seed (Testing) Standardization Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in the 1970s and '80s. Also included are Faul's resume and undergraduate transcript, as well as two volumes of the Journal of Seed Technology in which Faul's illustrations featured.

Dates: 1971-1981
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Prince Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0138
Content Description

The Prince Family Papers contain correspondence, account books, notebooks, and journals that provide an insight into the difficulties of maintaining a large nursery in the early years of the United States. Much of the material concerns business dealings between members of the Prince family and those transacting business with them. The remaining portion of the material deals with observations on and experiments with plants.

Dates: 1779-1914; Majority of material found within 1790-1861
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections