Browsing by Subject/Keyword: century:
Ulmus japonica fruit [graphic] / N.S. Hart. (3.24359)
Date: 1982Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w 33 x 28 cm.
Seeds & fruits [graphic] / N.S. Hart. (3.24360)
Date: 1970sCreator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 28 x 22 cm., on sheet 29 x 23 cm.
Seed [graphic] / Nancy Hart. (3.24474)
Date: circa 1991Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 2 x 1 cm., on sheet 17 x 14 cm.
Jeffersonia Diphylla (3.24637)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Large illustration of a Twinleaf plant with detailed views of seed pods, seed, stamen, and pistil details with identifying text. Background images include Monticello at center left, and silhouettes of two small scenes at top right, the top showing a man giving a lecture or speech with the word "Poter" or "Peter" partially erased, the bottom showing a man and a women planting or gardening.
Illustrations as depicted from left to right:
- 2 stamens, one closed, one opened
- 1 pistil
- 1 large illustration of Twinleaf with three sets of leaves and 1 flower
- 1 seed-pod closed
- 1 seed-pod open
- 1 seed
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Red Maple (3.31791)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Red Maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig with buds, seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: RED MAPLE
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree
- twig with buds: opposite-branching
- seeds: ripe in May-June; found in lowlands but also on uplands
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: White Ash (3.31792)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a White Ash tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig and a seed, and descriptive text.
Header: WHITE ASH
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaves: opposite branching
- tree
- twig with close-up sketch of texture: diamond-shaped ridges
- seeds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Silver Poplar (3.31794)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Silver Poplar tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: SILVER POPLAR
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree
- seeds: cottony
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Witch Hazel (3.31797)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Witch Hazel tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of flower and seed, a winter bud, and descriptive text.
Header: WITCH HAZEL
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- flower and seed
- bud: winter bud stalked, naked
- tree: yellow flowers in October
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: River Birch (3.31799)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a River Birch tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of blossoms, seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: RIVER BIRCH
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: no thorns; catkins
- tree: peeling bark; ragged
- blossoms and seeds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Sweet-gum (3.31800)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a sweet-gum tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a fruit, a seed, and descriptive text.
Header: SWEET GUM
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: [text] alternate
- tree: [text] corky ridges on bark of twigs; brilliant Autumn coloring; exudes aromatic rosin
- fruit
- seed
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Kentucky Coffeetree (3.31802)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:A nature print outline of a Kentucky Coffeetree leaf, drawings of its seeds, a twig, and descriptive text.
Header: KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- seeds
- twig: salmon-colored pith
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Water Beech (3.31804)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Water Beech tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of fruit with seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: WATER BEECH
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf [arrow pointing right to stem]: scarlet and orange in Autumn
- tree: bark with "muscles"
- fruit and seeds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Schwedler Maple (3.31807)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Schwedler Maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: SCHWEDLER MAPLE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree: opposite branching; purplish-red Spring coloring
- seeds: ripe in Fall; purplish color
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Sycamore Maple (3.31808)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Sycamore Maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: SYCAMORE MAPLE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree: dark heavy green; no Autumn coloring; no milk
- twig with buds
- seeds: ripe in Fall; European
Extent: 1 sheet
Ostrya virginiana (ironwood), fruit detail and tree (3.36417)
Date: April 1978Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ostrya virginiana (ironwood), fruit detail and tree
Bare tree with inset photograph of fruit with seeds exposed
Extent: 1 slide
Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), bark and seed detail (3.37163)
Date: April 1978Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), bark detail with inset photograph of open seed cones and seeds on ground
Extent: 1 slide
Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), seeds and cones (3.37183)
Date: December 1974Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), detail of seeds and berry-like cones on ground
Living Collections Accession Number: 324-63
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: A-54/85-10 (Cupressaceae Collection)
Extent: 1 slide
Acer circinatum (vine maple), leaves and fruit in summer (3.37247)
Date: July 7 1976Creator: Coulter, Ronald M.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer circinatum (vine maple) in summer, green leaves with pink winged seed casings
Extent: 1 slide
Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), seed heads and seeds (3.37416)
Date: October 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), three yellow ball-like seed heads and detail of seeds
Extent: 1 slide
Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), seed heads and seeds (3.37417)
Date: March 1969Creator: Curns, B.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), two ball-like seed heads and stalks, one cross-section cutaway seed head showing detail of attached seeds
Extent: 1 slide
Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), seeds (3.37418)
Date: 1980sCreator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), detail of seeds on ground
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), fruit and seeds (3.37700)
Date: June 1974Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), seeds with white cottony fluff (coma) released from fruit capsules dangling from twigs with green leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), dangling fruit cluster with leaves and seeds (3.37704)
Date: April 1978Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), two side-by-side images, one of dangling plump green fruit cluster and slightly pointed capsules and leaves, one image detailing release of white cottony fluff (coma) with seeds
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), dispersed seeds and coma (3.37711)
Date: June 1975Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), white cottony fluff with seeds dispersed among plants and grasses near dirt road
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), seeds and coma (3.37713)
Date: June 1975Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), white cottony fluff with seeds dispersed among plants and grasses
Extent: 1 slide
1996/11/11: Zhang Qinghua to George Ware (3.37851)
Date: November 11 1996Creator: Qinghua, Zhang
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Zhang Qinghua to George Ware thanking him for money received and discussing seed lot germination, seed collection for Ulmus, as well as praising his success in experiments and his paper: Little Known Elms from China.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/08/27: Rob Greenland to George Ware (3.38212)
Date: August 27 1999Creator: Greenland, Rob
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Rob Greenland of Brighton & Hove to George Ware thanking him for his prompt response in regard to propagating elm seeds, sharing his paper "Little-known Elms from China", and also requesting copies of additional papers authored by George Ware.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/06/06: Rob Greenland to George Ware (3.38213)
Date: June 6 1999Creator: Greenland, Rob
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Rob Greenland of Brighton & Hove to George Ware announcing his pleasure at receiving seeds for a variety of Ulmus, requesting additional information as to how to properly propagate them, and offering to reciprocate in kind.
Extent: 1 sheet
1991/05/31: Gao Ren to George Ware (3.38233)
Date: May 31 1991Creator: Ren, Gao
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Gao Ren to George Ware thanking him for the book "Ecosystem Management for Parks and Wilderness", his visit to ShanXi, and informing him that he will be sending him seeds.
Extent: 2 sheets
1986/01/13: Steven H. Davis to George Ware (3.38285)
Date: January 13 1986Creator: Davis, Steven H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Steven H. Davis of the American Horticultral Society to George Ware thanking him for his seed donation.
Extent: 1 sheet
1986/09/18: Steven H. Davis to George Ware (3.38493)
Date: September 18 1986Creator: Davis, Steven H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Steven H. Davis of the American Horticultural Society to George Ware asking for seed donations for their annual AHS Seed Program to encourage members to grow plants from seed.
Extent: 1 sheet
1986/09/23: George Ware to Steven Davis (3.38494)
Date: September 23 1986Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Steven Davis of the American Horticultural Society listing requested species and stating that they are still collecting seeds with a goal to collect enough to provide 1,000 packets of each item.
Extent: 1 sheet
1986/09/29: Steven H. Davis to George Ware (3.38495)
Date: September 29 1986Creator: Davis, Steven H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Steven H. Davis of the American Horticultural Society to George Ware acknowledging the receipt of the seed list for inclusion in their catalog and asking that seed donations be received by the second week of November.
Extent: 1 sheet
1988/08/10: Anthony J. Halterlein to George Ware (3.38496)
Date: August 10 1988Creator: Halterlein, Anthony J.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Anthony J. Halterlein of the American Horticultural Society to George Ware acknowledging his intention to send seed, stating that donations can arrive up until the end of November, and thanking him for his support of their seed program.
Extent: 1 sheet
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
1999/03/02: Yiqun Xin to George Ware (3.44549)
Date: March 2 1999Creator: Xin, Yiqun
Type: Document
Description: Letter from Yiqun Xin to George Ware discussing the pleasure of meeting him at the Elm International Conference, asking if he will be at the 1999 World Horticultural Gardening Fair, and discussing exchanging seeds for Ulmus marocarpa, Ulmus alata, and Ulmus thomasii.
Extent: 1 sheet