January Calendar (3.19467)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Calendar for the month of January consisting of five rows and seven columns depicting days and dates from Sunday through Saturday, the 1st through the 31st. Each square has a date plus illustration and text, some of which anticipates the coming Spring and some which show reminders of the past year.
Header: January
Text and illustrations, from top to bottom, left to right:
- (Friday, 1) [image of dogwood stems and buds] flowering dogwood is ready for Spring
- (Saturday, 2) [image of hemlock needles and cones] small cones drip from the hemlock tips -
- (Sunday, 3) [image of unidentified stems and fruit]
- (Monday, 4) [image of one chickadee and a birdhouse]
- (Tuesday, 5) [image of two chickadees and a birdhouse] chikca-dees stay to crack their seeds
- (Wednesday, 6) [image of evergreen needles and star magnolia stems and buds] star mag-nolia buds are pale against evergreens
- (Thursday, 7) [image of long-eared owl on branch of Norway spruce] long-eared owls look down from Norway spruce trees
- (Friday, 8) [image of 2 pellets on ground beneath evergreen branch] 2 pellets under an owl roost contain skeletons of 2 deer mice
- (Saturday, 9) [image of small animal bones on ground] when an owl pellet is pulled apart, evidence of sudden death is re-vealed
- (Sunday, 10) [image of euonymus stems and fruit] Euonymus still holds some of the "little hearts bursting with love"
- (Monday, 11) [image of birch stems, cones, and catkins] wind and birds have shattered birch cones but catkins are ready for Spring
- (Tuesday, 12) [image of zumi crabapple stems and fruit] Zumi crabs still hold their fruit
- (Wednesday, 13) [image of one cardinal and a birdhouse] the cardinal is back now that we have sunflower seeds again
- (Thursday, 14) [images of canker-worms on a dogwood twig] on a dogwood twig, canker worms are ready for Spring
- (Friday, 15) [images of evergreens and a hawthorn] hoar frost is on the hawthorns ---
- (Saturday, 16) [image of redbud stems, buds, and fruit] on red-bud, flower buds are ready for next Spring, and pods recall last Spring's flowers
- (Sunday, 17) [image of a bird on a tree branch]
- (Monday, 18) [image of sycamore trunks and branches] sycamore bark
- (Tuesday, 19) [image of trees and a trail] evergreen trail
- (Wednesday, 20) [image of rhododendron stems and leaves] Rhododendron leaves pointing down say it's COLD!
- (Thursday, 21) [image of a white Oak] white oaks hold last summer's leaves on lower branches
- (Friday, 22) [image of a Norway spruce] Norway spruce holds long cones
- (Saturday, 23) [image of pixie-cup lichens through a magnifying glass] there are Pixie-cup lichens in the spruce plot
- (Sunday, 24) [image of two ostrich ferns] the fertile fronds of ostrich fern stand stiff and dark
- (Monday, 25) [image of American cranberry-bush stems and fruit] high-bush cranberry wears puffs of snow
- (Tuesday, 26) [image of winter wren in brush] the winter wren weaves through low brush
- (Wednesday, 27) [image of hazel stems and catkins] hazel catkins feel softer
- (Thursday, 28) [image of vernal witch-hazel and close-up of flower] vernal witch hazel is in bloom
- (Friday, 29) [image of one set of raccoon tracks] raccoon tracks are plentiful after a mild night
- (Saturday, 30) [image of two sets of deer mouse tracks with trail mark between] white-footed deer mouse hops past
- (Sunday, 31) [image of three sets of Junco bird tracks] juncoes hop too
Extent: 1 sheet
Magnolia virginiana = [graphic] sweet bay magnolia / N.S. Hart. (3.24290)
Date: 1982Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 30 x 45 cm., on board 43 x 58 cm.
Magnolia acuminata [graphic] / Nancy S. Hart. (3.24331)
Date: 1983Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 38 x 46 cm.
Through a Magnifying Glass (3.24609)
Date: 1944Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of lichens, flowers, buds, leaves, twigs, and seeds of various plants, created to accompany "Through A Magnifying Glass" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Includes descriptive text next to each plant image.
Plants depicted in three sections, from left to right, top to bottom:
Section 1: There are lichens in the spruce plot,
- Pixie cups -- Cladonia chlorophaea
- British soldiers -- Cladonia cristatella
- Awl lichen -- Cladonia coniocraea
- Vernal Witch hazel -- Hamamelis vernalis
- A magnolia bud wears deep velvet
- The persistent leaves of bayberry are copper and rose underneath, set with amber globules
- Butternut buds wear camels' faces
- Birch seeds and the scales of their cones play several variations on the same theme, including European white, gray, cherry, and river
- Queen Anne's lace has design in its "bird-nest" seed heads
- Spore capsules of mosses show many patterns. This one is Funaria hygrometrica, with a seta that twists and untwists with changing humidity
- A buckeye bud may reveal a flower cluster and several leaves
Extent: 1 sheet
Canada warbler = [graphic] Sylvia pardalina Bonaparte's flycatcher = Muscicapa bonapartii Aud. / drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon chromolithy. by J. Bien. (3.24949)
Date: 1860Creator: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Type: Print
Extent: 1 print : chromolithograph 68 x 100 cm.
Magnolia and invitation [graphic] / Henry Evans. (3.25891)
Date: 1960sCreator: Evans, Henry Herman, 1918-
Type: Print
Extent: 1 print : linocut, color 62 x 43 cm.
Magnolia 'Lanarth' / Siriol Sherlock. (3.30582)
Creator: Sherlock, Siriol.
Type: Painting
Extent: 1 sheet : art reproduction, color image 72 x 55 cm.
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
Education charts: The Deep South (3.34232)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An educational chart created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a deep South 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: THE DEEP SOUTH
Labels and image from top to bottom, left to right:
- azalea
- mocking bird
- sweet / gum
- opossum
- magnolia / live 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
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. (3.36762)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. A magnolia tree is visible in the foreground.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Washington National Cathedral grounds, Washington, D.C. (3.36763)
Type: Photographic image
Description:The grounds at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The Cathedral is visible in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Kim Shearer collecting pollen from a magnolia (3.39863)
Date: April 20 2017Creator: Phelps, Caleb
Type: Photographic image
Description:Kim Shearer, tree and shrub breeder, collecting pollen from magnolia flowers in the spring on the east side of The Morton Arboretum
Magnolia (magnolia), flowers (3.63729)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), section of tree detailing snow-covered creamy white flowers, some tepals with brown edges, and showing pale green leaves on brown twigs covered in snow with sunny blue sky background
Extent: 1 slide
Magnolia (magnolia), full bloom (3.63730)
Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), section of tree showing branches covered with white flowers amongst shrubs and trees, two in full bloom, near path and Morton Arboreteum Administration Building
Extent: 1 slide
Magnolia (magnolia), flower (3.63731)
Date: April 1959Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), closeup detail of pinkish-red cultivated flower set against a black background
Extent: 1 slide
Magnolia (magnolia), flowers detail (3.63732)
Date: 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), closeup detail showing several upright flowers with reddish-orange tepals on brown twigs
Extent: 1 slide
Magnolia (magnolia), habit, spring (3.63735)
Date: April 1988Creator: Filip, Bob
Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), several trees with white flowers in open grassy area, amongst trees in collection, nearby bed with bare shrubs and marked with short metal plant identification markers and tags in foreground
Extent: 1 slide
Magnolia (magnolia), habit, summer (3.63736)
Date: June 1969Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), closeup showing large shrub covered with purple flowers amongst trees
Extent: 1 slide
Magnolia (magnolia), habit, spring (3.63737)
Date: April 1988Creator: Filip, Bob
Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), several trees covered with white flowers near open grassy area amongst trees in collection
Extent: 1 slide
Magnolia (magnolia), bud (3.63738)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Magnolia (magnolia), closeup detail of large silky gray-white bud set against black background
Extent: 1 slide