International Maple Symposium [brochure] (3.106909)
Date: 2000Type: Document
Description:Held October 25-27, 2000 at The Morton Arboretum, the International Maple Symposium presented research related to the use of maples.
Extent: 1 sheet folded into fourths
Staff Notes, September 2000 (3.106996)
Date: September 2000Type: Document
Description:News For and About Staff at the Morton Arboretum. This issue highlights that George Ware and Abbas Shirazi won Best Poster at the annual meeting of the International Society of Arboriculture for evaluation of new elms from China for stem cold hardiness and leaf heat tolerance.
Extent: 4 pages in booklet format
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1998 (3.107067)
Date: 1998Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue the Summer 1998 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: a profile of George Hickman, a volunteer in the Herbarium and Photography departments; the Urban Horticulture Research Lab established in 1997 to test plants for freezing and heat tolerance; the Volunteer Giving Program; and highlights of the Volunteer Recognition. Volunteer opportunities, Arboretum activities and news and a list of new volunteers are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum (3.107077)
Date: 2002Creator: Kenaston, Sally, Crosby, Cindy, Donnelly, Gerard T.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Fall 2002 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: volunteer, Stuart Vogel, who assisted with a tree temperature tracking project; Eagle Scout, Andrew Johnston, who completed a restoration project of the woodland near Parking Lot 13; the upcoming Fall Color Festival; the awarding of an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant to the Arboretum; and a feature on the Arboretum Board of Trustees. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and upcoming Arboretum activities and classes are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 2005 (3.107084)
Date: 2005Creator: Crosby, Cindy, Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 2005 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: a focus on the Thornton High School Project in Harvey, Illinois to create a mini-arboretum and garden; a new facilities and programming update including statistics on the impact on visitation numbers; and a feature on Craig Johnson, Director of Education and Public Programs, who is retiring as the volunteer manager of the Schulenberg Prairie. A list of new volunteers, tuition free classes for volunteers, volunteer opportunities and information on the volunteer orientation are also included along with an in memoriam section.
Extent: 6 pages
Evaluation of New Elms from China for Stem Cold hardiness and Leaf Heat Tolerance (3.114603)
Date: 2001Creator: Shirazi, Abbas, Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:A project proposal to test stress tolerance (cold and heat) of new elm species from China found resistant to Dutch elm disease.
Extent: 3 pages
Botryosphaeria dothidea breaks endodormancy and reduces cold hardiness in Cercis canadensis (3.57535)
Date: 1999Creator: Jacobs, Karel, Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Role of glutathione on recovery of red-osier dogwood plants from "Near-Lethal" heat stress (3.57553)
Date: 1994Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Effect of "Near-Lethal" heat stress on bud dormancy and stem cold hardiness in red-osier dogwood (3.57554)
Date: 1995Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Environmental factors influencing the distribution of the lichen Lobaria oregana and L. pulmonaria (3.57555)
Date: 1996Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
In vitro effect of formaldehyde on Douglas-fir pollen (3.57556)
Date: 1998Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Lichen pendants for transplant and growth experiments (3.57557)
Date: 1996Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Effect of formaldehyde-enriched mists on Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) (3.57558)
Date: 1996Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Seasonal growth dynamics of Lobaria pulmonaria (3.57559)
Date: 1996Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Stem cold hardiness, leaf heat tolerance, browth and performance of six Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) for Northern Illinois (3.57560)
Date: 1998Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Evaluation of new elms from China for stress tolerance (3.57561)
Date: 1999Creator: Shirazi, Abbas, Ware, George
Type: Article
Application of potassium silicate reduces feeding damage to sargent crabapple leaf tissues by adult Japanese beetles (3.57563)
Date: 1999Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article
Application of processed fiber for nursery crop production (3.57565)
Date: 1998Creator: Shirazi, Abbas
Type: Article