Map & Visitor Guide, The Morton Arboretum (3.34271)
Date: 1982 – 1986Type: Map
Description:Double-sided brochure, Map & Visitor Guide for The Morton Arboretum
Map details Arboretum roads, trails, plant collections, buildings and boundaries. Includes photographs of various Arboretum buildings with descriptive information.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, trails for walking and hiking, driving through the Arboretum, areas and collections of special interest, native plant communities, wildlife at the Arboretum, regulations, facilities and services, and information on membership. A section of the map is enlarged to identify landmarks around the Visitor Center, Administration Building, and Thornhill Education Center.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Research Plot at The Morton Arboretum (3.36296)
Date: 2012Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rows of trees representing different research projects fill the Tree Research Plot at The Morton Arboretum
Acer saccharinum ‘Pyramidale’ (Pyramidal silver maple), habit, fall (3.37888)
Date: October 1968Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer saccharinum ‘Pyramidale’ (Pyramidal silver maple), nearly full view of small tree in Arboretum's Tree Evaluation Plot with pyramidal crown shape situated on open grounds with other trees scattered in the background
Extent: 1 slide
1995/02/03: Mike Spravka to George Ware et al. (3.38003)
Date: February 3 1995Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Mike Spravka to George Ware, Kris Bachtell, Carol Doty, Bill Dreyer, Christopher Dunn, Ed Hedborn, Pattie Jelen, Scott Mehaffey, Linda Sanford, Tish Sparrowe, Peter Van Der Linden, and Gary Watson concerning revisions to the Tree Evaluation Plot Collection which the public uses to select trees suitable for urban and suburban areas. A 1994-1995 Index Seminum of seeds collected from natural populations in the United States is attached to the memo and addressed to Dr. Ware.
Extent: 7 sheets
Acer platanoides ‘Emerald Queen’ (Emerald Queen Norway maple), habit, summer (3.38083)
Date: August 1966Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer platanoides ‘Emerald Queen’ (Emerald Queen Norway maple), full view of young tree planted in rows on open grounds in the Arboretum's Tree Evaluation Plot
Extent: 1 slide
Acer platanoides ‘Emerald Queen’ (Emerald Queen Norway maple), habit, fall (3.38088)
Date: October 1968Creator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer platanoides ‘Emerald Queen’ (Emerald Queen Norway maple), full view of young tree planted in on open grounds in the Arboretum's Tree Evaluation Plot
Extent: 1 slide
Acer platanoides ‘Superform’ (Superform Norway maple), habit, fall (3.38092)
Date: October 1968Creator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer platanoides ‘Superform’ (Superform Norway maple), full view of small sapling with sparse foliage in Arboretum's Tree Evaluation Plot showing slight fall color with some yellow and green leaves, other trees planted in uniform rows can be seen in the background
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), habit, fall (3.38179)
Date: October 1968Creator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), full view of small sapling with mostly green foliage with some yellow leaves, situated on open grounds with other small trees planted in rows in the background.
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’ (Bowhall red maple), habit, fall color (3.38181)
Date: October 1968Creator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’ (Bowhall red maple), full view of small sapling showing some reddish fall foliage situated on open, flat grassy grounds with a line of trees in the distant background.
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’ (Bowhall red maple), habit, summer (3.38182)
Date: August 1966Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’ (Bowhall red maple), full view of small tree with oval-shaped crown and dense green foliage, tree is situated on open, flat grounds with trees in the background.
Extent: 1 slide
.Quercus imbricaria (shingle oak), habit, summer (3.47328)
Date: August 1967Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus imbricaria (shingle oak), small tree densely covered with dark green leaves growing in large open area with exposed soil surrounded by grassy areas amongst other trees in Evaluation Plot
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus imbricaria (shingle oak), habit, fall (3.47331)
Date: October 1968Creator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus imbricaria (shingle oak), young tree densely covered with mostly dark green leaves, some yellow-brown, growing near exposed soil and grassy areas amongst other trees in Evaluation Plot
Extent: 1 slide
1994/12/15: Fay [Wheatman] to Research Staff, Kris B.[Bachtell], Scott M. [Mehaffey], and Pete V. [Van Der Linden] (3.56322)
Date: December 15 1994Type: Document
Description:Memo from Fay [Wheatman] to members of The Morton Arboretum Research staff detailing notes take by Scott Mehaffey on the Collections/Research Workshop.
Extent: 2 sheets
Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), bark, mature (3.60100)
Date: May 16 2018Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), bark, mature
Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), bark, trunk (3.60101)
Date: May 16 2018Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), bark, trunk
Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), infructescence (3.60102)
Date: May 16 2018Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), infructescence
Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), leaf, spring (3.60103)
Date: May 16 2018Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer ×freemanii 'Armstrong' (Armstrong Freeman's Maple), leaf, spring
1987/11/06: C. Lewis to G. Ware et al. (3.67074)
Date: November 6 1987Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Charles Lewis of the Morton Arboretum to George Ware concerning drainage problems in tree nurseries and proposed action plans.
Extent: 2 sheets