Conker fallen from Horse Chestnut Tree onto a bed of Leaves in Ilkley Memorial Garden, Yorkshire, England

Conker fallen from Horse Chestnut Tree onto a bed of Leaves in Ilkley Memorial Garden, Yorkshire,The horse chestnut is a beautiful ornamental tree with attractive leaves and flowers. It produces prickly fruit capsules that contain a glossy brown and nut-like seed. The seed is known as a conker and has been used in a popular children's game since at least the mid-nineteenth century. The game gets its name from the seed and is known as conkers. England. Photographed September 2010