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Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 6 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24656)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 6, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #10: Black Walnut
Identifying characteristics for leaves, seeds, and nuts illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #11: Red Oak Bark
Identifying characteristics for bark and leaves illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #12: H-A-M
Mnemonic device for remembering which common trees bear leaves opposite each other: H = horse-chestnut, A= ash, and M = maple. Identifying characteristics for leaves illustrated to the right labeled "alternate" and "opposite".
Tree stump #13: Who Planted These 4 Trees in a Row?
Generalized illustration of four trees with identifying characteristics for seeds illustrated to the right labeled "oak," "maple," "ash," and "oak".
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
1992/11/25: George Ware to Jan Schmidt Barkley (3.47446)
Date: November 25 1992Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Jan Schmidt Barkley of the J. Frank Schmidt Family Charitable Trust thanking them for a $4,000 endowment to research the drought-tolerance of sugar maples.
Extent: 1 sheet
1993/02/16: Dennis Nyberg to Marlin Bowles et al. (3.57447)
Date: February 16 1993Creator: Nyberg, Dennis
Type: Document
Description:A set of two documents. The first is a memo from Dennis Nyberg to Marlin Bowles and several others seeking their feedback on his intended response to an article published in Restoration and Management Notes titled, "Carving Up the Woods". The second document is his intended response, titled, "Nature Vs. Nurture.
Extent: 6 sheets