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
Dandelion, Taravacum officinale. Engraving circa 1896.
Vintage germination plant engraving credit THE Palmer
Common wheat, Triticum aestivum.
Antique botany illustration: wheat (Triticum aestivum) credit: ilbusca
Bertolonia guttata in a botanical cloche. Engraving by Benjamin Fawcett, 1870.
From https://thegraphicsfairy.com/vintage-images-amazing-cloche-with-plant/
Seed germination. Engraving from the Meyers Konversations-Lexikon circa 1897.
Illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1897 credit: Hein Nouwens
Weeping paperbark, Melaleuca leucadendra. Engraving circa 1886.
Tea Tree Oil has white wood (Melaleuca Leucadendron) credit: Patrick Guenette / Alamy Stock Vector