"Fungus may be at the root of wilting, dying trees" [news clipping] (3.104801)
Date: June 8 1993Type: Document
Description:An article from the Chicago Tribune dated Tuesday, June 8, 1993, quoting Gary Watson and Tom Green of The Morton Arboretum who suggest verticillium wilt as the cause of recent tree stress in the DuPage County, IL area.
Extent: 2 sheets
1992 Annual Report, Research Group (3.81725)
Date: 1992Type: Document
Description:Annual report for the Research Group of the Morton Arboretum which contains a mission statement, group structure, chronology of events, interactions, priorities, and strengths and weaknesses.
Extent: 8 sheets
1992/06/02: Gary Watson to Chris Whelan (3.44242)
Date: June 2 1992Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Gary Watson to Chris Whelan concerning East Woods research, education, and management.
Extent: 1 sheet
1993/07/16: Frederic D Miller to Stewart Pequignot (3.102605)
Date: July 16 1993Creator: Miller, Fredric D., Miller, Fredric D.
Type: Document
Description:Cover letter from Fredric D. Miller of the Illinois Arborist Association to the State Forester of Illinois concerning a grant application to be submitted to the USDA Forestry Service. A copy of the grant proposal and some working notes are attached.
Extent: 5 sheets
1994/04/21: Gary Watson to the IAA Video Committee; George Ware CC (3.102591)
Date: April 21 1994Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Document
Description:Invitations to a meeting of the IAA (Illinois Arborist Association) Video Committee and two video production companies, Avid Productions and T. Kay Entertainment Group. This copy contains notes by George Ware about possible video set-ups and other details. A proposed outline for the video is also included.
Extent: 4 sheets
1994/06/13: Gary Watson to Christine Deruntz (3.102606)
Date: June 13 1994Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Document
Description:Comments on tree care companion video script from Gary Watson and George Ware.
Extent: 7 sheets
1994/12/15: Fay [Wheatman] to Research Staff, Kris B.[Bachtell], Scott M. [Mehaffey], and Pete V. [Van Der Linden] (3.56322)
Date: December 15 1994Type: Document
Description:Memo from Fay [Wheatman] to members of The Morton Arboretum Research staff detailing notes take by Scott Mehaffey on the Collections/Research Workshop.
Extent: 2 sheets
1995/02/03: Mike Spravka to George Ware et al. (3.38003)
Date: February 3 1995Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Mike Spravka to George Ware, Kris Bachtell, Carol Doty, Bill Dreyer, Christopher Dunn, Ed Hedborn, Pattie Jelen, Scott Mehaffey, Linda Sanford, Tish Sparrowe, Peter Van Der Linden, and Gary Watson concerning revisions to the Tree Evaluation Plot Collection which the public uses to select trees suitable for urban and suburban areas. A 1994-1995 Index Seminum of seeds collected from natural populations in the United States is attached to the memo and addressed to Dr. Ware.
Extent: 7 sheets
2012/08/15: Mike Spravka to Gary Watson (3.108793)
Date: August 15 2012Type: Document
Description:A cover note to 2012 inventory of Ware Research Field.
Extent: 1 sheet
Are there practical limits to urban tree diversity? (3.60008)
Date: 2018Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Are there practical limits to urban tree species diversity? (3.54129)
Date: 2017Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Description:Article in Urban Forest Sustainability (2017) (3.86448)
Avoiding excessive soil over the root systems of trees: A best management practice (3.54041)
Date: 2005Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Avoiding excessive soil over the roots of newly planted trees (3.54090)
Date: 2014Creator: Watson, Gary W., Hewitt, Angela M.
Type: Article
Bare root liner production can alter tree root architecture (3.55283)
Date: 2009Creator: Hewitt, Angela M., Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Best management practices: Tree planting. (3.47559)
Date: 2005Creator: Watson, Gary W., Himelick, Eugene B.
Type: Book
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1999 (3.107071)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1999 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: volunteers Dolores and Ted Symon who have volunteered in the root and soil labs, at the Arbor Day plant sales and at the Visitors Center; the assistance of Eagle Scouts with the Heritage Trail Project under the direction of Ed Hedborn, Plant Records manager; the Volunteer giving Project; and the retirement of Carol Doty after 35 years at the Arboretum including overseeing the volunteer program. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and Arboretum classes and activities are also featured.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1988 (3.107034)
Date: 1988Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1988 Branches Newsletter has articles on the following: the drought of 1988 and the Arboretum's efforts of keep up with the watering of newly planted trees and plants; Volunteer Appreciation Night; and the Hatch Meadow Project to plant and monitor test plots of Summit green ash trees in hostile clay soil emulating urban tree growing conditions such as concrete and other pavement. Volunteer opportunities, classes and new volunteers are featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1987 (3.107032)
Date: 1987Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1987 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following; twenty five years of the prairie restoration project, the establishment of the root library under the Urban Vegetation Library to study the condition of tree roots within the Arboretum, and the tree evaluation plot established to study the success of trees in an urban like setting. Special events and classes, volunteers and volunteer opportunities are highlighted.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1992 (3.107051)
Date: 1992Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1992 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Hatch Meadow and the transplanting project of Green Ash trees; and two Arboretum authors, Ian MacPhail and Charles Lewis and their books, Rearranging the World and Green Nature/Human Nature. The first book is a study of the work of the scientists at New Harmony, Indiana; Charles-Alexander Lesueur, Thomas Say, Andre Michaux and Francois Andre Michaux and the second is about the relationship between people and nature. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, trainings, classes and events are also included.
Extent: ;6 pages
Causes and consequences of deep structural roots in urban trees: From nursery production to landscape establishment (3.55284)
Date: 2009Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Changes in Tree Root Architecture Resulting from Field Nursery Production Practices (3.85447)
Creator: Watson, Gary W., Hewitt, Angela M.
Type: Article
Control of apple scab and cytospora canker with Paclobutrazol (3.55307)
Date: 2012Creator: Watson, Gary W., Jacobs, Karel
Type: Article
Desiccation tolerance of green ash and sugar maple fine roots (3.55285)
Date: 2009Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Directional Variation in Little-leaf Linden (Tilia cordata Mill.) Crown Development (3.57575)
Date: 1992Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Discoloration and decay in severed tree roots (3.55276)
Date: 2008Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Distinguishing between Root System Architecture Changes and Planting Too Deep (3.54039)
Date: 2005Creator: Watson, Gary W., Hewitt, Angela M.
Type: Article
Dr. Gary Watson outside, using Licor photosynthesis system (3.5203)
Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. Gary Watson outside, using Licor brand portable photosynthesis system to study effects of root pruning on foliage growth
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. Gary Watson working in lab (3.5202)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Dr. Gary Watson working in lab
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. Gary Watson, headshot (3.5201)
Date: 1987Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. Gary Watson, headshot
Extent: 1 photograph
Ed Hedborn at Plant Clinic desk with Gary Watson (3.59013)
Date: September 1993Creator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ed Hedborn at Plant Clinic desk with Gary Watson standing.
Extent: 1 slide
Effect of transplanting and paclobutrazol on root growth of 'Green Column' black maple and 'Summit' green ash (3.55246)
Date: 2004Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil quality and tree growth in a compacted urban soil. (3.54067)
Date: 2013Creator: Scharenbroch, Bryant C., Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Effects of soil pH, root density, and tree growth regulator treatments on pin oak chlorosis (3.55247)
Date: 2004Creator: Watson, Gary W., Himelick, Eugene B.
Type: Article
Establishing a relationship between soil aeration and fine root development of seven tree species using the steel rod technique (3.55255)
Date: 2006Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1986 (3.113783)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a talk by Dr. Gary Watson, the Arboretum's root specialist, discussing the importance of roots and a look at a Victorian Christmas with Sunny O'Neil. Field trips included birding along Chicago's lakefront, a waterfowl fall migration in the Palos area, and a trip to the Indiana Dunes. Charles Lewis and Dr. Herbert Schroeder, Environmental Psychologist with the US Forest Service, were participating in an exchange research trip to The Netherlands to establish joint projects.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1987 (3.113788)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the field seminar "Spring in Door County" and the lecture "Getting at the Root of Spring Planting". Linda Sanford joined the Education staff as Curator of Youth Education, and Dr. Gary Watson joined the Research Group as Plant Pathologist. Dr. Frank Pascoe and Mrs. Linda Meyers were hired as Administrator and Secretary, respectively. The Arboretum received grants from the Institute of Museum Services Conservation Project and the Rice Foundation.
Extent: 5 pages