Watts, May Theilgaard
The Deciduous Conifers
Identifier
3.24623Format
Pen and India ink on 4-ply cream board.Digitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
36.9 cm W x 58.5 cm H (Item)29.5 cm W x 44.4 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheetType
DrawingDate created
1945Description
Illustrations of two conifer species, created to accompany "The Evergreen Trees" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Illustrations include two full trees with two illustrations of leaves underneath. The identifying text "needles in tufts drooping twigs" is glued on separate piece of paper to the surface, top right. The remaining identifying text originally adhered to the board has detached and is no longer present.[Original header (not included with art): THE DECIDUOUS CONIFERS]
Trees depicted from left to right:
- Bald cypress -- Taxodium distichum
- European larch -- Larix descidua
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, June and July 1945, Vol. 20, no. 6-7, p. 30.Subject - keywords and LC headings
ConifersNeedles (Botany)
Trees--Identification
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. (bald-cypress)
Larix decidua Mill. (European larch)
