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Watts, May Theilgaard

Winter Twigs, page 4


Identifier
3.24636
Format
Pen and India ink on 4-ply cream board. 
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
34.9 cm W x 63.3 cm H (Item)
29.2 cm W x 45.8 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1943
Description
Page 4 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. Original identifying text has detached and is no longer present.

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

1) [Original text] TREES WITH FLATTENED YELLOWISH BUDS
  • Bitternut hickory -- Carya cordiformis
  • Witch-hazel -- Hamamelis virginiana
2) [Original text] TREES WITH LONG NARROW BUDS
  • Shadbush -- Amelanchier canadensis
  • Beech -- Fagus grandifolia
3) [Original text] U-SHAPED BUNDLE SCARS, DIAPHRAGMED PITH
  • Black walnut -- Juglans nigra
  • Butternut -- Juglans cinerea
4) [Original text] TREES WITH  GREEN TWIGS
  • Sassafras -- Sassafras albidum
5) [Original text] LARGE END BUD WITH LOOSE, DARK OUTER SCALES
  • Shagbark hickory -- Carya ovata 
6) [Original text] DARK RED WINTER BUDS
  • Linden -- Tilia americana 
  • Mountain ash -- Sorbus
  • Sour gum -- Nyssa sylvatica 
7) [Original text] DOWNY WHITE BUDS
  • Silver poplar -- Populus alba
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, Vol. 18, no. 11, p. 61-64.
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English