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Rooting Habits of White Oak and Sugar Maple (3.102589)
Date: July 11 1974Creator: Doolittle, Jim
Type: Document
Description:Paper discussing the role of topography, the absorbing medium, and other factors on the rooting habits of White Oaks and Sugar Maples.
Extent: 30 sheets
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103210)
Date: 1974Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This check list is an alphabetical index listing all the vascular plants that have been found growing wild in the Chicago area--in other words, a list of those plants which constitute the local flora. It is arranged for quick reference like a dictionary or encyclopedia so that plants may be looked up by either their scientific names or their common names. It attempts to supply the following kinds of information about each plant listed:
Other scientific names by which the plant is known in the manuals commonly used by Chicago area botanists.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
Current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant, where such problems have come to the author's attention.
Extent: xxiv, 474 p.
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103211)
Date: 1979Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This book is principally an annotated checklist of the spontaneous vascular plant taxa of the Chicago Region, including distribution maps and identification keys. In addition it includes a section describing a method applicable to the Chicago Region for the environmental assessment of open lands from a vegetational standpoint.
Extent: lxxiii, 922 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Reading the Landscape of America (3.104846)
Date: 1975Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Book
Description:Originally published as Reading the Landscape.
Morton Arboretum History (3.104851)
Date: January 8 1973Type: Audio
Description:Recording of a lecture given by Ray Schulenberg on the history of The Morton Arboretum beginning around 1832. Topics covered include early Lisle settlement, J. Sterling Morton, Joy Morton's salt business, the establishment of the Arboretum, the hiring of early Arboretum staff (Clarence Godshalk, Henry Teuscher, John van Gemert), farming operations at the Arboretum, the passing of Joy Morton, Jean Morton Cudahy and Sterling Morton as chairman of the trustees, the woody plant collections, and the education program.
Morton Arboretum Research Building First Floor Plan (3.104929)
Date: December 21 1979Creator: Keiser Associates
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet A3-2
Extent: 1 sheet
Proposed research building, Morton Arboretum (3.104937)
Date: 1979Creator: Keiser Associates
Type: Plan
Description:West elevation; view from the southwest (2 sheets)
Extent: 3 sheets
The Morton Arboretum: planning for its Second Half-Century (3.10571)
Date: December 21 1969 – March 20 1970Type: Article
River Birch, Betula nigra: Birch Family (Betulaceae) (3.10572)
Date: December 21 1969 – March 20 1970Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
The River and the Watershed (3.10573)
Date: December 21 1969 – March 20 1970Creator: Patrick, Ruth
Type: Article
Photographs by E.H. Wilson (3.10578)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1970Type: Article
Tulip Tree, Liriodendron tulipifera: Magnolia Family (Magnoliaceae) (3.10579)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1970Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
Arboretum News and Notes (3.10580)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1970Type: Article
Firethorn (Pyracantha) in Northeast Illinois: A Second Look (3.10583)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1970Creator: Rouffa, Albert S.
Type: Article
Rain Tree Fountain (3.10584)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1970Type: Article
Red Maple, Acer rubrum: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (3.10585)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1970Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
Wild Flower Protection in Illinois (3.10586)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1970Type: Article
Arboretum News and Notes (3.10587)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1970Type: Article
Can Man Learn from Nature? (3.10590)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1970Creator: Etter, Alfred G.
Type: Article
Prairie Crab Apple, Malus Ioensis: Rose Family (Rosaceae) (3.10591)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1970Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
The Destructible Oak (3.10592)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1970Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Arboretum News and Notes (3.10593)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1970Type: Article
Mathematics, Ecology & A Piece Of Land: The Illusion Of Predictability (3.10596)
Date: December 21 1970 – March 20 1971Creator: Etter, Alfred G.
Type: Article
The Smoggy Crystal Ball (3.10597)
Date: December 21 1970 – March 20 1971Creator: Lodge Jr., James P.
Type: Article
Chinese Chestnut, Castanea mollissima: Beech Family (Fagaceae) (3.10598)
Date: December 21 1970 – March 20 1971Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
Climatological Summary (3.10600)
Date: December 21 1970 – March 20 1971Type: Article
Development – A Human Failing (3.10602)
Date: March 21 – September 20 1971Creator: Etter, Alfred G.
Type: Article
Arboretum News and Notes (3.10605)
Date: March 21 – September 20 1971Type: Article
Noise—The Ultimate Insult (3.10607)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1971Creator: Etter, Alfred G.
Type: Article
Amur Cork-tree, Phellodendron amurense: Rue Family (Rutaceae) (3.10608)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1971Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
What Became of Arbor Day? (3.10609)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1971Creator: Reinhardt, Richard
Type: Article
Hemlock—Graceful Conifer (3.10612)
Date: December 21 1971 – March 20 1972Creator: Hume, Edward P.
Type: Article
The Secret World of May Watts (3.10613)
Date: December 21 1971 – March 20 1972Creator: Etter, Alfred G.
Type: Article