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Watts, May Theilgaard

Winter Twigs, page 1


Identifier
3.24627
Format
Pen and India ink on 4-ply cream board.
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
35.7 cm W x 54.4 cm H (Item)
29 cm W x 45.8 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1943
Description
Page 1 of 4, illustrations showing identifying characteristics of different types of winter twigs, created to accompany "Winter Twigs" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information.  Illustrations include those with distinctive leaf scars, buds, and pith. Original identifying text has detached.

Illustrations are divided into three sections, depicted from top to bottom, left to right:

1) [Original text] SOME HAVE DISTINCTIVE LEAF SCARS
  • Black walnut
  • Butternut
  • Catalpa
  • Maple
  • Sycamore
  • Sumac
  • Ash
2) [Orignial text] SOME HAVE DISTINCTIVE BUDS
  • Flowering dogwood
  • Beech
  • Willow
  • Oak
  • Linden
  • Alder
  • Tulip [tree] 

3) [Orignial text] SOME HAVE DISTINCTIVE PITH
  • Black walnut
  • Butternut
  • Hackberry
  • Tulip [tree]
  • Kentucky coffee tree
  • Oak
  • Alder
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, Vol. 18, no. 11, p. 61-64.
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