Petunia / M. Pistoia. (3.30564)
Date: 1984Creator: Pistoia, M.
Type: Painting
Extent: 1 art reproduction : color 40 x 27 cm.
Education charts: Town and Suburb (3.34180)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An educational chart created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a town and suburb association. A detailed illustration of a single tree leaf is positioned at the center of the chart, surrounded by four vingnettes showing additional flora and fauna found within the ecological community.
Header: TOWN AND SUBURB
Labels from top to bottom, left to right:
- clear-wing moth
- robin
- Norway maple
- petunia
- rabbit
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