Watts, May Theilgaard
Pine Cones
Identifier
3.24629Format
Pen and India ink on 4-ply cream rag boardDigitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
35.7 cm W x 55.9 cm H (Item)29.1 cm W x 46 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheetType
DrawingDate created
1943Description
Illustration of nine pine cones, created to accompany "The Cones Of The Arboretum" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Identifying text originally adhered to board have detached and are no longer present.[Original header (not included with art): PINE CONES have scales with thickened tips; mature in 2 years]
Pine cones depicted, from left to right, top to bottom:
- Eastern white pine -- Pinus strobus
- Limber pine -- Pinus flexilis
- Red pine -- Pinus resinosa
- Scotch pine -- Pinus sylvestris
- Ponderosa pine -- Pinus ponderosa
- Austrian pine -- Pinus nigra
- Jack pine -- Pinus banksiana
- Japanese red pine -- Pinus densiflora
- Pitch pine -- Pinus rigida
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, Vol. 18, no. 12, p. 66.Subject - keywords and LC headings
Pine conesDrawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Pinus nigra Arnold (Austrian pine)
Pinus strobus L. (eastern white pine)
Pinus banksiana Lamb. (jack pine)
Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. (Japanese red pine)
Pinus flexilis James (limber pine)
Pinus rigida Mill. (pitch pine)
Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex Lawson (ponderosa pine)
Pinus resinosa Ait. (red pine)
Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine)
