Fellow HistArchers:
Justine McKnight, an ethnobotanist working out of the Annapolis area,
suggests the following sources for seed identifaction:
F.H. Montgomery 1977 Seeds of Fruits of Plants of Eastern Canada and
Northeastern US.  U of Toronto Press.

A.C. Martin and W.D. Barkley  1961  Seed Identification Manual.
University
of California Press, Berkely.

Schopmeyer, C.S.  1974  Seeds of Woody Plants.  Agricutlural Handbook
450.
USDA, Washington DC.

1961  Seeds, the Yearbook of Agriculture.  USDA.  US govn. Printing
Office,
DC.

1985    Handbook on Seeds of Browse - Shrubs and Forbs.  USDA Technical
Publication R8-TP8. Association of Official Seed Analysts in cooperation
with the US Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Region,
Atlanta,
Georgia.

Jim Gibb
Annapolis, MD