Betula nigra L. (river birch), habit (3.105365)
Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Betula nigra L. (river birch), multi-trunked bare tree, bark dark near ground, light colored in crown
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus robur (English oak), seedling detail (3.57820)
Creator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus robur (English oak), detail of seedling showing several small green leaves with rounded lobes on short pale gray stem in round black plastic container
Extent: 1 slide
Sambucus nigra L. (European elderberry), leaves (3.116003)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Sambucus nigra L. (European elderberry), leaves
Ornamental stone acorn on Arboretum east entrance gatepost (3.37213)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ornamental stone acorn on Arboretum east entrance gatepost
Extent: 1 photograph
Geranium maculatum L. (wild geranium), leaves (3.115610)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Geranium maculatum L. (wild geranium), leaves
Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), branch with leaves (3.36839)
Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), low-hanging branch with yellow leaves in the fall
Extent: 1 slide
Baptisia alba L. (white wild indigo), fruit (3.115217)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Baptisia alba L. (white wild indigo), fruit
Constellation figures: Cygnus and Lyra (3.34336)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster depicting drawings of the constellation figures Cygnus the swan and Lyra the harp, including some of the stars within each constellation pattern. The image is slightly cut-off on the right side.
Extent: 1 slide
Ulmus americana L. (American elm), flower (3.116207)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ulmus americana L. (American elm), flower
Arnoglossum plantagineum Raf. (prairie Indian-plantain), habit (3.108612)
Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arnoglossum plantagineum Raf. (prairie Indian-plantain), habit
Extent: 1 slide
Panicum virgatum L. (switch grass), leaves (3.115814)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Panicum virgatum L. (switch grass), leaves
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese painted fern), form (3.111137)
Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese painted fern), form; triangular arching fronds; grayish-green with silver and maroon hues.
Extent: 1 slide
Coreopsis palmata Nutt. (prairie coreopsis), leaves (3.115421)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Coreopsis palmata Nutt. (prairie coreopsis), leaves
House with a gabled roof, view 4 (3.36506)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A side view of a two-story house with a gabled roof and large front porch located on a street with parked cars. Several bare trees and shrubs are also in view
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts home, garden with birdbath and sundial (3.35362)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A garden with a birdbath and sundial at May T. Watts' home, located in Naperville, Illinois.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts speaking with participants during a Lunching and Learning class (3.34080)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaking with participants during a Lunching and Learning class.
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), bud detail (3.37688)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), detail of shiny brown bud
Extent: 1 slide
Pinus pungens (Table Mountain Pine), cone, mature (3.61302)
Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pinus pungens (Table Mountain Pine), cone, mature
Tony Tyznik outside of house in yard and garden (3.5185)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tony Tyznik outside of house in yard and garden
Extent: 1 photograph
Allium cernuum Roth. (nodding wild onion), close-up of flowers (3.83255)
Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Allium cernuum Roth. (nodding wild onion), close-up of pink and white flowers in an umbel, some buds and stamens visible
Extent: 1 slide
Sorbus alnifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) K. Koch (Korean mountain-ash), bark (3.116035)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Sorbus alnifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) K. Koch (Korean mountain-ash), bark
Helleborus ‘Golden Sunrise’ (WINTER JEWELS™ series Golden Sunrise hellebore), form (3.115642)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Helleborus ‘Golden Sunrise’ (WINTER JEWELS™ series Golden Sunrise hellebore), form
Red oak and sugar maple saplings drying at the conclusion of a greenhouse experiment (3.96838)
Creator: Midgley, Meghan G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Red oak and sugar maple saplings drying at the conclusion of a greenhouse experiment
Betula nigra L. (river birch), bud (3.115249)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Betula nigra L. (river birch), bud
Rock lotto game board (3.34366)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A display featuring 16 types of rocks adhered to a board, numbered 1 through 16 in four rows of four. This collection of rocks was used in a game of rock lotto.
Extent: 1 slide
Viburnum dentatum L. (southern arrowwood), leaf buds (3.116239)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Viburnum dentatum L. (southern arrowwood), leaf buds
Vitis riparia (Riverbank Grape), leaf, spring, inflorescence (3.89275)
Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Vitis riparia (Riverbank Grape), leaf, spring, inflorescence
Phellodendron amurense Rupr. (Amur corktree), fall habit (3.115846)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Phellodendron amurense Rupr. (Amur corktree), fall habit
Cornus sanguinea L. (blood-twigged dogwood), flower (3.115453)
Creator: Lima, Dulcey
Type: Photographic image
Description:Cornus sanguinea L. (blood-twigged dogwood), flower
Ornamental hedge archway, view 1 (3.36537)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A grouping of large hedges or trees that have been trimmed into an archway.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Chicago River Garden, between Randolph and Washington St., view from walkway to river (3.3570)
Type: Photographic image
Description:View from walkway of Chicago River Garden to river, between Randolph and Washington St., across the Chicago River from the Morton Salt Company's building
The garden was created and maintained by the Garden Club of Illinois in 1955, with Harold Klopp as the landscape architect.
The Morton Arboretum used this garden for experiments with street trees and other plants in 1959.
Extent: 1 photograph
Quercus palustris (pin oak), habit (3.47435)
Creator: Curns, B.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (pin oak), oval habit, solitary bare tree in open grassy area
Extent: 1 slide
Acaena microphylla Hook. f. (red mountain bidi-bidi) and Mazus reptans N. E. Br. (creeping mazus), habit (3.81661)
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acaena microphylla Hook. f. (red mountain bidi-bidi) (left) withMazus reptans N. E. Br. (creeping mazus), groundcover
Extent: 1 slide
John Kohout with camera (3.5035)
Type: Photographic image
Description:John Kohout with camera
Extent: 1 photograph
Employee Picnic 1999 (3.82994)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Employee Picnic 1999. Six people are seated at a round table with a red and white checked tablecloth, eating a meal outside.
This document is available at the Sterling Morton Library. To make an appointment, contact the Sterling Morton Library staff by following the link here.
Sterling Morton horse Diana and female rider (3.44626)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Morton Family; Sterling Morton horse "Diana"
Extent: 1 negative