Know Know Know Your Oaks, Music Video (3.65606)
Date: 2016Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:Music video created by Arboretum staff members in honor of Oaktober for a tree identification class, derived from a teaching aid created by May T. Watts.
Uses of Wood Exhibit (3.34367)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit featuring wood from 18 different trees and its uses. The display is configured in four concentric circles centered around a spinning cross: the inner circle depicts tree silhouettes, the next circle depicts detailed images of leaves, the third consists of square panels of processed wood, and the outer circle consists of dioramas depicting how each type of wood is used.
The cross is labeled as follows:
- TREE SHAPE
- LEAF [red arrow]
- WOOD
- USES
- TURN THE RED ARROW TO A LEAF / THE OTHER ARMS WILL POINT TO: / the shape of the tree / a piece of wood from the tree / some uses for the wood
- WHITE ASH
- ARBOR VITAE
- WHITE SPRUCE
- SWEET GUM
- SUGAR MAPLE
- AMERICAN LINDEN
- CHERRY
- TULIP TREE
- BALD CYPRESS
- IRONWOOD
- WHITE PINE
- BLACK WALNUT
- AMERICAN ELM
- SHAGBARK HICKORY
- WHITE OAK
- RED OAK
- EASTERN HEMLOCK
- PONDEROSA PINE
Extent: 1 slide
Opposite buds: Horse chestnut, Ash, and Maple (3.34356)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A display showing opposit buds on horse chestnut, ask, and maple twigs. Above each twig is a capital letter representing its corresponding tree name, which spells out HAM.
Extent: 1 slide
Poster: Flooding ecology (3.34293)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster showing flood susceptibility, created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a cross-section view of plant and tree silhouettes in 9 stages, from an aquatic zone up-slope through a 2nd bottom mature flood plain stand.
Text from top to bottom, left to right:
- [Header] Flood Susceptibility
- 1. Cypress
- 2. Sandbar Willow
- 3. Black Willow
- 4. Cottonwood - Green Ash - / River Birch - Red Maple
- 5. Silver Maple - Sycamore - / Pecan - Overcup Oak
- 6. Pin Oak - Elm - Sweet Gum
- 7. Hackberry - Bur Oak - / Swamp White Oak
- 8. Walnut - White Ash - Linden - / Shellbark Hickory - Spanish Oak
- 9. Shumard's Oak - Butternut Hickory - / Shagbark Hickory - Persimmon
- 10. Beech - Sugar Maple - / White Oak - Black Cherry
- [A]quatic zone
- Zone of / Emergence
- Bare
- Annuals - / Grass, Forb / sedge
- Perennials - / Forbs
- Marginal / Small Tree
- Marginal / Tall Tree
- Mature Flood Plain Stand / 1st Bottom
- Mature Flood Plain Stand / 2nd Bottom
Extent: 1 slide
Forest Margin (3.34292)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster of the forest margin, created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, featuring locations with the highest bird populations. The poster depicts airbrushed color silhouettes of a row of trees with various birds perched in them, and spring flowers depicted in a row beneath.
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1856 to 1881 (3.34279)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the mid- to late-19th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- Jonathan and Patience / and / David / John / Paul / Daniel / Ruth / Rachel / and / Rover / and / Dobbin
- 1856 / to / 1881
- [sketch of a hanging lamp]
- [drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and grounds surrounded by a fence, including the following plants and trees:]
- elderberry
- Richmond cherry
- box elder
- wild plum
- mint
- rhubarb
- maiden blush
- sweet bough
- russet apple
- Damson plums
- Ailanthus
- tawny day lily
- feverfew
- flags
- pinks
- bleeding heart
- red peony
- Johnny-jump-ups
- sweet shrub
- crimson rambler
- lily of the valley
- white pine
- Harison's yellow rose
- snowball bush
- white lilac
- cabbage rose
- [sketches of two vases with flowers to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1941 (3.34278)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the mid-20th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- Don and Kay / and / Debby / and / Stockwell Stilwell Hamlet II / and Stockwell Stilwell Ophelia
- 1941 --- [sketch of a lamp with a potted plant]
- currants
- tuberous begonias
- ferns
- roses
- Japanese yew
- Japanese quince
- winter honeysuckle
- honey locusts
- winged Euonymus
- [sketches of two ornamental planters to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1931 to 1941 (3.34277)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the early mid-20th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- John Edward and Nancy Ann / Bee / Chuck / and / Lassie
- 1931 to / 1941 [sketch of a shrub]
- [drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and grounds, including the neighboring house and yard, with the following plants and trees labeled:]
- herbs
- white petunias / white delphiniums / Artemisia Silver King
- privet
- tartarian / honeysuckle
- Colorado spruce
- Pfitzer juniper
- [m---] pine
- Siberian elms
- [sketches of a garden gnome, animal-shaped planters, and a lily pond to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1906 to 1931 (3.34276)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the early 20th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- Theodore and Elizabeth / and / Kathryn Jane / John Edward / and / Scotty
- 1906 to / 1931 [sketch of a piano with a vase of flowers on top of a piano shawl]
- [drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and grounds, including the neighboring house and yard, with the following plants and trees labeled:]
- Golden / Bantam corn
- New Zealand / spinach
- hen and chickens / yellow alyssum / phlox subulata
- pinks
- Lombary / poplars
- regal lilies / delphiniums / madonna lilies / rosy morn perunias
- white birch
- Spiraea / Van Houttei
- mountain ash
- [sketches of a vase, a light fixture, and a plant stand to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1881 to 1906 (3.34275)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the late 19th century/early 20th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- David and Mary / and / Theodore / Ethel / Victoria / Charles / and / Rusty / and / King
- 1881 / to / 1906
- [sketch of a potted plant on a small table]
- [drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and lawn surrounded by a fence, including the following labeled plants and trees:]
- mulberry
- cockscomb
- coleus
- hen and chickens
- hosta
- white birch
- cannas / nasturtiums / lobelias
- mountain ash
- castor beans / geranium / alyssum
- [sketches of three additional potted plants and a fan to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibits: Beall Woods trees, Shellbark Hickory and Pecan (3.34253)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting detailed drawings of the trunks, leaves, stems, and fruit found on trees in Beall Woods.
Labels:
- Shellbark / Hickory -
- Pecan
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibits: Beall Woods trees, detailed bark and leaves (3.34252)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting detailed drawings of the leaves, bark, and a flower found on trees in Beall Woods.
Labels:
- Hackberry
- Tulip - / "Yellow Poplar"
- Sugarberry
- Dogwood
- Sour Gum -
- Sweet / Gum -
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibits: Beall Woods trees, various oaks (3.34251)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting drawings of various leaves, trunks, and fruit from oak trees found in Beall Woods.
Labels:
- --- / Oak
- Chinquapin Oak
- Shingle Oak
- Overcup [Oak]
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibits: Beall Woods trees (3.34250)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting drawings of various leaves, stems, flowers, and fruit from trees found in Beall Woods.
Labels:
- Sycamore
- [M]agnolia
- [S]assafrass
- Persimmon
- Beech
- Hackberry
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibits: Beall Woods trees and vines (3.34249)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting drawings of various leaves, stems, and flowers from trees and vines found in Beall Woods.
Labels:
- Redbud
- Paw-paw
- Cross Vine
- Catalpa
- Dutchman's / Pipe / Vine
Extent: 1 slide
Educational charts: Tree Lotto (3.34245)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A chart created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting 16 unlabeled leaf silhouettes in 4 columns of 4. The chart may have been used for game of "tree lotto."
Extent: 1 slide
Tree Book (3.34244)
Type: Photographic image
Description:The cover of a booklet created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum titled "Tree Book," depicting simple outlines of three trees as well as a detailed leaf from each hand-drawn in crayon or colored pencil.
Title: TREE BOOK
Tree and leaf labels and images, left to right:
- Elm
- Red Oak
- Catalpa
Extent: 1 slide
Education charts: Twigs, #3 (3.34236)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An educational chart created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting 16 types of winter buds on twigs. The chart appears to be tacked to a classroom display board.
Illustrations and text, from left to right, top to bottom:
- honey locust
- black locust
- Osage orange
- hawthorn
- wild crab
- wild plum
- European larch
- ginkgo
- red oak
- white oak
- tulip tree
- sycamore
- Kentucky coffeetree
- tree of heaven
- staghorn sumac
- willow
Extent: 1 slide
Education charts: Twigs, #1 (3.34235)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An educational chart created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting 12 types of winter buds on twigs. The chart appears to be tacked to a classroom display board.
Illustrations and text, from left to right, top to bottom:
- bitternut hickory
- witch-hazel
- shadbush
- beech
- black walnut
- butternut
- sassafras
- shagbark hickory
- linden
- mountain ash
- sour gum
- silver poplar
Extent: 1 slide
Education charts: Twigs, #2 (3.34234)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An educational chart created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting 16 types of winter buds on twigs. The chart appears to be tacked to a display board in a classroom.
Illustrations and text, from left to right, top to bottom:
- white ash
- black ash
- blue ash
- red ash
- sugar maple
- Norway maple
- silver maple
- box-elder
- horse-chestnut
- ohio buckeye
- flowering dogwood
- catalpa
- ironwood
- gray birch
- European white birch
- European alder
Extent: 1 slide
Trees Native To This Region (3.33823)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:A large illustration depicting a cross-section of hill with several types of trees growing down its slope. The trees are drawn in silhouette and are grouped into four categories based on location. Each tree is also accompanied by a line of color across the top indicating the color of its leaves in Fall as well as an outline of its leaf below.
Header:
- TREES NATIVE TO THIS REGION
- THE COLOR LINE OVER EACH TREE / INDICATES ITS CHARACTERISTIC / FALL COLORING. NATIVE TREES / GIVE US THE BEST COLOR
- TREES OF OUR UPLANDS
- witch-hazel -- white oak -- red oak -- Hill's oak -- sugar maple -- ironwood -- shadbush -- shagbark hickory -- black cherry -- blue ash -- bur oak -- white ash -- linden
- TREES of the EDGE of the FOREST
- aspen -- sumac -- choke cherry -- wild crabapple -- hawthorn -- wild plum
- TREES of our LOWLANDS
- black ash -- slippery elm -- American elm -- walnut -- hackberry -- cottonwood -- black willow -- silver maple
- TREES of our SWAMPS
- [sour gum] tupelo -- yellow birch -- tamarack -- red maple -- poison sumac
Extent: 1 sheet
Trees of the Eastern Hemisphere That Can Be Grown Here (3.33822)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:A large illustration depicting a cross-section of a hilly landscape with several types of trees. The trees are drawn in silhouette and a few houses are scattered in-between them. Each tree is also accompanied by a line of color across the top indicating the color of its leaves in Fall as well as an outline of its leaf below.
Header:
- TREES OF THE EASTERN HEMIPSHERE / THAT CAN BE GROWN HERE
- THESE FOREIGN TREES LACK THE DISPLAY / OF BRILLIANT FALL COLORING, THAT CHARACTER- / IZES OUR NATIVE SPECIES -------
- The color line about each of these trees indicates its / characteristic fall coloring -------
russian-olive -- [wych] Scots elm -- Norway spruce -- Scots pine -- Lombardy poplar -- [silver] white poplar -- European larch -- Japanese larch -- weeping willow -- European black alder -- camperdown elm -- European white birch -- English oak -- European linden (lime) -- Amur cherry -- Amur maple -- oriental crab -- oriental pear -- sycamore maple -- Serbian spruce -- Chinese juniper -- [Irish] common juniper -- horse-chestnut -- mountain-ash -- Nordmann's fir -- ginkgo -- [ailanthus] tree of heaven -- English ash
Extent: 1 sheet
Trees Native To North America But Not To This Region That Can Be Grown Here (3.33821)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:A large illustration depicting a bird's-eye view of three sets of houses and yards with different types of trees growing in each. The trees are drawn in silhouette.
Header:
- TREES NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICAN BUT NOT TO THIS REGION / THAT CAN BE GROWN HERE
arborvitae -- Osage-orange -- black locust -- hemlock -- gray birch -- Jeffrey pine -- flowering dogwood -- redbud -- tulip-tree -- pitch pine -- mountain-ash -- persimmon -- pawpaw -- red mulberry -- douglas-fir -- white spruce -- red-cedar -- [concolor] white fir -- balsam fir -- [Colorado] blue spruce -- jack pine -- paper birch -- magnolia -- white pine -- red pine -- beech -- limber pine -- ponderosa pine -- sycamore -- catalpa -- Ohio buckeye -- Pin oak
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Hawthorn 4 (3.31908)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a hawthorn tree, possibly a cockspur, including a nature print outline of a leaf. A second sheet taped to the bottom left corner partially obsures the bottom left of the tree image and includes two preserved leaf specimens adhered to board.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: River Birch 2 (3.31903)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a River Birch tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: White Poplar (3.31902)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a white poplar, or silver poplar, tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and three additional smaller color silhouettes of trees.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Freeman's Maple (3.31901)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Freeman's maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Persimmon 2 (3.31900)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a persimmon tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of a twig with fuit.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Chinkapin Oak (3.31899)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a chinkapin oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, with drawings of a twig with buds and an acorn.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: English Oak 2 (3.31898)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of an english oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: American Basswood (3.31897)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of an American basswood, or American linden, tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Hawthorn 3 (3.31896)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a hawthorn tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Shagbark Hickory 2 (3.31895)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a shagbark hickory tree, including a nature print outline of leaves.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Gray Birch (3.31894)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Gray Birch tree, including nature print outlines of a leaf and twig, and a drawing of seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Crabapple (3.31893)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a crabapple, or possibly hawthorn, tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Paper Birch (3.31888)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a paper birch, or white birch, tree, including a nature print outline of two leaves.
Extent: 1 sheet