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Maples from Europe and Asia (3.24612)
Date: 1944Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of five species of maple, created to accompany "The Maples of The Morton Arboretum" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Drawings show tree shape, including top, twigs, branches, and size, winged seeds, and leaves. Descriptive text gives details of tree structure (branching, bark, and trunk), habitat, seed ripening schedule, and leaf details including color and sinus structure.
Illustrations depicted from top to bottom:
- Norway maple -- Acer platanoides
- round top; twigs green-brown; from Europe, Caucasia; ripe in Fall; green on both sides; broad; rounded sinuses; 7-lobed; pale yellow in Fall; milky juice
- Sycamore maple -- Acer pseudoplatanus
- spreading top; from Europe, W. Asia; bark scales off in thin flakes; ripe in Fall; hanging in clusters like grapes; toothed margin; green on both sides; acute sinuses
- Amur maple -- Acer ginnala
- shrub to small tree; slender smooth branches; from China, Japan; ripe in late summer, red; long central lobe; toothed margin; yellow, orange, red in Fall
- Hedge maple -- Acer campestre
- shrub to small tree; from Europe, W. Asia; flattened nutlet; ripe in Fall; not toothed; milky juice
- Japanese maple -- Acer palmatum
- shrub; from Korea, Japan; ripe in Fall; usually red in Spring fading to green; 5 to 9 lobed
Extent: 1 sheet
Acer campestre (hedge maple), fruit (3.37229)
Date: July 1953Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), detail of hanging fruit with paired seeds and wings at 180 degree angle
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple), flowers and leaves (3.37232)
Date: May 15 1980Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), flowers and leaves on branches
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple) (3.37233)
Date: May 15 1980Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), full view of tree taken from a distance
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple), bark (3.37234)
Date: September 1979Creator: Bachtell, Kris
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), view of bark on the trunk and limbs of tree
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple) (3.37235)
Date: August 1966Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), small tree in open area with larger trees in background
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple), leaves showing fall color (3.37239)
Date: October 26 1986Creator: Bachtell, Kris
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), leaves with yellow fall color on branch
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple), fruit and leaves (3.37240)
Creator: Bachtell, Kris
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), detail of hanging fruit and leaves, fruit has paired seeds and wings at 180 degree angle
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple), summer (3.37242)
Date: August 1996Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Photographic image
Description: Acer campestre (hedge maple), in summer
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple), seedlings bed (3.37243)
Date: July 1 1980Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description: Acer campestre (hedge maple), seedlings bed, plant label in foreground
Extent: 1 slide
Acer campestre (hedge maple) (3.37244)
Date: October 1965Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (hedge maple), bed trimmed into rectangular shape
Extent: 1 slide
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
1983/12/14: Horticulture Research Center, Kansas State University to George Ware (3.39923)
Date: December 14 1983Type: Document
Description:Letter from an unidentified person from the Horticulture Research Center, Kansas State University to George Ware describing the zone hardiness of several species of Asiatic trees in the vicinity of the University.
Extent: 1 sheet
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), bark, mature (3.40979)
Date: August 10 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), bark, mature
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), bark, trunk (3.40980)
Date: August 10 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), bark, trunk
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), fruit, immature (3.40981)
Date: August 10 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), fruit, immature
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), habit, young (3.40982)
Date: September 17 2014Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), habit, young
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall (3.40983)
Date: September 17 2014Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall (3.40984)
Date: September 17 2014Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall (3.40985)
Date: September 17 2014Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall (3.40986)
Date: September 17 2014Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, fall
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, lower surface (3.40987)
Date: August 10 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, lower surface
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, new (3.40988)
Date: May 28 2015Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, new
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, spring (3.40989)
Date: May 28 2015Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, spring
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, summer (3.40990)
Date: August 10 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, summer
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, summer (3.40991)
Date: August 10 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, summer
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, upper surface (3.40992)
Date: August 10 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J.G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer campestre (Hedge Maple), leaf, upper surface
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
1997/06/17: Jeffrey R. Short Jr. to Dr. Christopher Dunn (3.57412)
Date: June 17 1997Creator: Short Jr., Jeffrey R.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jeffrey R. Short, Jr. to Dr. Christopher Dunn providing his thoughts on the success or failure of various tree species received from the Morton Arboretum. Included with the letter are two completed Members' Cooperative Research Program evaluation forms from Jeffrey Short listing when the trees were purchased from the Arboretum and their current condition. Dr. George Ware is cc'd in the letter.
Extent: 3 sheets
