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Watts, May Theilgaard

Four Types of Hawthorns


Identifier
3.24607
Format
India ink on 4-ply ivory rag board, matted.
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
67 cm W x 52 cm H (Item)
63.5 cm W x 48.7 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1946
Description
Illustrations of four hawthorn species, created to accompany "Hawthorn Traits" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Illustrations include full tree in winter, a leaf, and fruit for each species. Descriptive text accompanies each tree illustration. 

Header: FOUR TYPES of HAWTHORNS

Trees and text depicted from left to right, top to bottom:
  • Cockspur Hawthorn - Crus-galli Group - most persistent fruit, latest bloom, leathery foliage, short petioles -
  • Dotted Hawthorn - Punctuate Group - flattest top, deepest veins, dotted red or yellow fruit
  • Downy Hawthorn - Molles Group - largest leaves, first to bloom, first fruit to ripen, largest fruits
  • Thicket Hawthorn - Pruinosae Group - thin small leaves, bronze when unfolding, twiggy growth -
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information, Vol. 21, no. 4, p. 18-19.
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English