Family Fair, activity station (3.99591)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Children stand at a table to participate in an educational activity about plants at The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair (3.99590)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk around and visit tents at The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair, families decorate pumpkins (3.99589)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Families sit at a picnic tables decorating pumpkins under the shelter of a tent.
Family Fair, children picking pumpkins (3.99588)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Children select a pumpkin to decorate from a pile of pumpkins at The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair. Event tents on a large, grassy field are visible in the background.
Family Fair, guests walk near Meadow Lake (3.99587)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk to Meadow Lake during The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair, guests walk through Ground Cover Garden (3.99586)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk through the Ground Cover Garden during The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair, guests walk around Meadow Lake (3.99585)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk on the path around Meadow Lake during The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair, guests near Visitor Center (3.99584)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk near the Visitor Center and Meadow Lake during The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair, guests walk around Meadow Lake (3.99583)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk around Meadow Lake near the Visitor Center during The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair (3.99582)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk through The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair. In the foreground are people sitting and walking around hay bales. Beyond the hay bales are event tents on a large, grassy field. The Visitor Center is visible in the background.
Family Fair, girl colors a drawing depicting Joy Morton (3.99581)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:At The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair, a girl holds a marker while looking at a large sign depicting a drawing of a squirrel and Joy Morton planting a tree. The sign reads "Joy Morton Plants a Tree 1922".
Family Fair, membership and information tent (3.99580)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk through The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair. A large white tent display signs saying "Membership" and "Information". The Visitor Center is visible in the background.
Family Fair, guests walking through Hedge Garden (3.99579)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests walk through the center terrace of the Hedge Garden during The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair.
Family Fair, guests walking through Hedge Garden (3.99578)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Guests stroll through Hedge Garden during The Morton Arboretum's Family Fair. The Four Columns are visible in the background.
Family Fair, activity station (3.99577)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A man holds a child up to place a paper leaf on a tree at an activity station at The Morton Arboretum's family fair. Guests stand near a patio umbrella nearby. Other attendees and large tents are visible in the background.
Family Fair, tree planting (3.99371)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A woman dressed as a tree holds a shovel, helping a child plant a tree. Other children with shovels help pack soil around the tree as well. A large white tent is in the background.
Anemone canadensis L. (Canada anemone), close-up of flower, stems, and upper leaves (3.99071)
Date: May 1996Creator: Shouba, Jack
Type: Photographic image
Description:Anemone canadensis L. (Canada anemone), close-up of flower with yellow stamens, stems and upper leaves
Extent: 1 slide
A Twelve-Month Invitation to The Morton Arboretum 1996 (3.96918)
Date: 1996Creator: Irving, Gary, Kohout, John, Nachel, Jim, Stickney, William S.
Type: Document
Description:A twelve-month wall calendar for the year 1996 featuring images of The Morton Arboretum and calligraphy created by Timothy R. Botts.
Featured images:
January: Oak Collection, Arboretum entrance
February: Snow-laden bridge, Schulenberg Prairie
March: May T. Watts Reading Garden, Skunk Cabbage
April: Spring wildflowers, Large-flowered trillium
May: Sargent's cherry trees in bloom, Star magnolia blooms
June: Irises and peonies along Joy Path, Fragrance Garden
July: Schulenberg Prairie, Butterfly weed
August: Tree collection, Woodlands
September: Thornhill Education Center,
October: Japanese maple, Northern dropseed
November: Woodland trail, Frosty leaves
December: Ground Cover Garden, Acorn finial at entrance gate
February: Snow-laden bridge, Schulenberg Prairie
March: May T. Watts Reading Garden, Skunk Cabbage
April: Spring wildflowers, Large-flowered trillium
May: Sargent's cherry trees in bloom, Star magnolia blooms
June: Irises and peonies along Joy Path, Fragrance Garden
July: Schulenberg Prairie, Butterfly weed
August: Tree collection, Woodlands
September: Thornhill Education Center,
October: Japanese maple, Northern dropseed
November: Woodland trail, Frosty leaves
December: Ground Cover Garden, Acorn finial at entrance gate
Flag pole and stone acorn at Arboretum entrance (3.94934)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Ornamental stone acorn finial sits atop the gatepost at the Arboretum's east entrance. A flag pole bears an American flag and a flag with The Morton Arboretum's logo.
May T. Watts Reading Garden fountain (3.94933)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:The fountain in the May T. Watts Reading Garden. A wrought iron fence with a sign depicting the garden's name curves behind the fountain.
Visitor Center in spring (3.94932)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:The Visitor Center in spring.
Hedge Collection in winter (3.94931)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Snow-covered hedges in the Hedge Collection. The Ground Cover Garden gazebo is visible behind them.
Thornhill Education Center in spring (3.94930)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:View of the south side of the Thornhill Education Center and the lawn in spring, looking through magnolia branches in bloom.
Four Columns in spring (3.94929)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:The Four Columns in spring, with blossoming trees behind them.
Administration Building (3.94928)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:The entrance to the Administration Building in spring.
Ground Cover Garden (3.94927)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A path winds through the Ground Cover Garden. A sign depicting a map of the garden stands adjacent to the path.
Schulenberg Prairie (3.94926)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:Schulenberg Prairie in summer, displaying plants such as Silphium terebinthinaceum (prairie dock) and Dalea purpurea (purple prairie-clover).
View of magnolia tree from Carol Doty's office (3.94925)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:View of a magnolia tree in bloom through the window in Carol Doty's office on the second floor of the Administration Building.
Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum) on Cotinus obovatus Raf. (American smoke tree) (3.91972)
Date: September 4 1996Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum) on Cotinus obovatus Raf. (American smoke tree).
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.
Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum) on Cotinus obovatus Raf. (American smoke tree) (3.91971)
Date: June 6 1996Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum) on Cotinus obovatus Raf. (American smoke tree).
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.
Spindle gall on Tilia sp. (Tilia) (3.91958)
Date: August 15 1996Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Spindle gall on Tilia sp. (Tilia).
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.
Sphaeropsis tip blight (Sphaeropsis sapinea) on Pinus spp. (Various pines) (3.91957)
Date: August 14 1996Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Sphaeropsis tip blight (Sphaeropsis sapinea) on Pinus spp. (Various pines).
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.
Sphaeropsis tip blight (Sphaeropsis sapinea) on Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine) (3.91956)
Date: August 14 1996Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Sphaeropsis tip blight (Sphaeropsis sapinea) on Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine). Specimen collected in the Pinaceae Collection at The Morton Arboretum.
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.
Seiridium (Seirdium cardinale) on Cupressus sp. (Cypress) (3.91951)
Date: 1996Creator: Picco, Ron
Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Seiridium (Seirdium cardinale) on Cupressus sp. (Cypress).
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.
Scab on Malus 'Red Jade' (Red jade) (3.91947)
Date: May 16 1996Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Scab on Malus 'Red Jade' (Red jade). Specimen collected near the Visitor Center at The Morton Arboretum.
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.
Scab (Venturia inaequalis) on Malus sp. (Crabapple) (3.91946)
Date: 1996Creator: Jacobs, Karel
Type: Specimen
Description:A riker mount containing Scab (Venturia inaequalis) on Malus sp. (Crabapple). Specimen collected in the Crabapple Lake Area at The Morton Arboretum.
These specimens are available for checkout via the Plant Pathology Lab of The Morton Arboretum. For more information, fill out the form here and an Arboretum staff member will contact you.