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Tree Portraits: Siberian Elm (3.31795)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Siberian Elm tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf.
Header: SIBERIAN ELM
Drawings from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree
Extent: 1 sheet
1983/12/20 Ray Keen to George Ware (3.39924)
Date: December 20 1983Creator: Keen, Dr. Ray
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Dr. Ray Keen of Kansas State University to George Ware discussing the status of various trees in and around the campus at Kansas State University.
Extent: 2 sheets
1996/03/22: Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware (3.39945)
Date: March 22 1996Creator: Mittempergher, Lorenzo
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Lorenzo Mittemphergher, an elm breeder from the Insituto di Patalogia e Zoologia Forestale e Agraria in Firenze, Italy. The letter requests Ulmus seed from trees in the Arboretum, and references an enclosed article he co-authored, "Elm Yellows A Disease To Be Taken Into Consideration When Breeding Elm For Disease Resistance" published in the 8th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, Agadir - Morocco, 1990. There are also handwritten notes on a notepad listing several varieties of Ulmus.
Extent: 4 sheets, 1 notepad
1997/07/29: Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware (3.39958)
Date: July 29 1997Creator: Mittempergher, Lorenzo
Type: Document
Description:Printed email from Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware thanking him for the elm accessions and conveying issues with trying to get these species to grow in his country [Italy].
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/05/16: Yiquin Xin to George Ware (3.44548)
Date: May 16 1999Creator: Xin, Yiqun
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Yiqun Xin of Shandong University in China to George Ware discussing sending Ulmus macrocarpa seeds from the city of Jinan and Ulmus glaucescens and Ulmus pumila seeds from the Shandong province.
Extent: 1 sheet
1996/05/03: George Ware to Robert E. Schutzki (3.55936)
Date: May 3 1996Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Fax cover sheet and plant breeding abstract from George Ware to Dr. Robert E. Schutzki of Michigan State University concerning elm breeding and improvement at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1991/10/04: George Ware to Suzanne Malec (3.56304)
Date: October 4 1991Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Facsimile of an abstract and research paper sent to Suzanne Malec of the Open Land Project. The paper, Trees for Restricted Spaces was written by George Ware and discusses the genetic, topographic, and edaphic factors to take into consideration when selecting urban trees.
Extent: 8 sheets