Image credits

Part I: Extreme longevity and the strangeness of seeds

Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera. 19th century engraving.

Vintage engraving of date palm, flowering plant cultivated for its edible sweet fruit credit gameover / Alamy Stock Photo

Part II: Evolution

Dandelion, Taravacum officinale. Engraving circa 1896.

Vintage germination plant engraving credit THE Palmer

Part III: Humans and seeds

Common wheat, Triticum aestivum.

Antique botany illustration: wheat (Triticum aestivum) credit: ilbusca

Part IV: The genebanks

Bertolonia guttata in a botanical cloche. Engraving by Benjamin Fawcett, 1870.

From https://thegraphicsfairy.com/vintage-images-amazing-cloche-with-plant/

Part V: Longevity

Seed germination. Engraving from the Meyers Konversations-Lexikon circa 1897.

Illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1897 credit: Hein Nouwens

Part VI: Seeds and culture

Weeping paperbark, Melaleuca leucadendra. Engraving circa 1886.

Tea Tree Oil has white wood (Melaleuca Leucadendron) credit: Patrick Guenette / Alamy Stock Vector