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Watts, May Theilgaard

Trees with Flowers Borne in Catkins

Identifier
3.24606
Format
Black India ink on 4-ply cream rag board.
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
35 cm W x 54.7 cm H (Item)
29.4 cm W x 46.3 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1944
Description
Illustrations depicting catkins, flowers, seeds, and associated outline of five trees, created to accompany "The Flowers Nobody Knows" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Descriptive text identifies coloring, anatomy, and bloom time. 

Header: Trees with Flowers Borne in Catkins

Illustrations are separated into two sections, from top to bottom:

Section 1: Pistillate and Staminate Catkins on Different Trees

(depicted from left to right)
  • Catkins Upright
    • Black willow -- Salix nigra
  • Catkins Pendent
    • Cottonwood -- Populus deltoides
Section 2:  Pistillate and Staminate Flowers on Same Tree

(depicted from left to right)
  • European alder  -- Alnus glutinosa
  • Gray birch -- Betula populifolia
  • Ironwood -- Ostrya virginiana
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, vol.19, no.3, March 1944, p.10.
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Catkin-bearing plants
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Salix nigra Marsh. (black willow)
Populus angulata Ait. (cottonwood)
Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (European black alder)
Betula populifolia Marsh. (gray birch)
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (ironwood)
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English