Aralia racemosa L. (American spikenard), leaves and fruit (3.101017)
Date: 1950Type: Photographic image
Description:Aralia racemosa L. (American spikenard), seen against a black background are parts of the dark green leaf blade of an Aralia racemosa, with a cluster of pearl-like, red, white, pink, purple, berries, arching in display over the leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Aralia racemosa L. (American spikenard), close-up of fruit (3.101018)
Date: 1950Type: Photographic image
Description:Aralia racemosa L. (American spikenard), close-up view of a cluster of ripe and unripe Aralia racemosa berries. The berries are round, shiny and reminiscent of gooseberries.
Extent: 1 slide
Residential street lined with American elms (3.104901)
Date: 1950sCreator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Black and white photograph of a residential street lined with American elms prior to destruction by Dutch elm disease. This image was used in an article for The Morton Arboretum Quarterly, volume 29, number 4 (December 1993), titled "Developing Better Elms: The Plant-resistance Component of Integrated Pest Management." The caption for the image reads:
Before the late 1950s, the streets of many American cities, like the one shown here, were lined with American elms. The beautiful cathedral-like avenues were devastated by Dutch elm disease.
1950/09/07: Order for Farm Equipment from International Harvester (3.109015)
Date: September 7 1950Type: Document
Description:Invoice for purchase of 3 tractors and Hammon mower, with several accessories and 2 hydraulics.
Extent: 2 sheets
1950/09/11: Mrs. Martin Long to Morton's Arburetum [Arboretum] (3.109016)
Date: September 11 1950Type: Document
Description:A quote from Mrs. Martin Long of International Harvester Trucks and Tractors in Lisle, Illinois to Morton Arboretum for a L-110 with specified accessories.
Extent: 1 sheet
Letter from Egbert Jacobson to Henry B. Babson (3.1223)
Date: November 6 1950Creator: Jacobson, Egbert
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Egbert Jacobson to Henry B. Babson
Letter from unsigned [Jens Jensen and Mertha Fulkerson?] to Zoe Clock (3.1284)
Date: August 19 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens, Fulkerson, Mertha.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from unsigned [Jens Jensen and Mertha Fulkerson?] to Zoe Clock
Letter from Egbert Jacobson to Burton Cumming (3.1291)
Date: January 4 1950Creator: Jacobson, Egbert
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Egbert Jacobson to Burton Cumming
Letter from Paul W. Guenzel to Edward R. Droppers (3.1331)
Date: December 13 1950Creator: Guenzel, Paul W.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Paul W. Guenzel to Edward R. Droppers
Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought (3.1382)
Date: April 10 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought
Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought (3.1383)
Date: April 20 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought
Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought (3.1384)
Date: May 15 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought
Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought (3.1385)
Date: July 20 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jens Jensen to Alice Drought
Letter from Fred Pabst to Mertha Fulkerson (3.1470)
Date: March 10 1950Creator: Pabst, Frederick
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Fred Pabst to Mertha Fulkerson
Letter from Clayton Charles to Mertha Fulkerson (3.1471)
Date: May 18 1950Creator: Charles, Clayton
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clayton Charles to Mertha Fulkerson
Copy of letter from Mertha Fulkerson to Genevieve Gillette (3.1713)
Date: January 30 1950Creator: Fulkerson, Mertha.
Type: Document
Description:Copy of letter from Mertha Fulkerson to Genevieve Gillette
Letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette (3.1714)
Date: March 10 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette
Copy of Christmas card from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette (3.1715)
Date: December 25 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Copy of Christmas card from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette
Copy of letter from Mertha Fulkerson to Genevieve Gillette (3.1716)
Date: December 31 1950Creator: Fulkerson, Mertha.
Type: Document
Description:Copy of letter from Mertha Fulkerson to Genevieve Gillette
Copy of letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette (3.1726)
Date: October 1950Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Copy of letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette
Vernal Witch-hazel (3.19477)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of the Vernal witch-hazel plant, including three detailed views and some descriptive text. Background sketches include trees at top and center, and shrubs at center and bottom.
Header: VERNAL WITCH-HAZEL, HAMAMELIS vernalis
Illustrations as depicted, from top to bottom, left to right:
- a single pistil, labeled PISTIL
- two stamens, front view and side view, labeled STAMEN
- a single twig in bloom
- a flower
Extent: 1 sheet
Skunk Cabbage (3.19478)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of the skunk cabbage plant with environment, including three detailed views of flowering parts. Background sketches include a willow tree, cattails, and skunk cabbage in and near water.
Header: SKUNK CABBAGE
Illustrations as depicted, from top to bottom, left to right:
- enlarged view of the spathe
- enlarge view of a single flower
- enlarged view of the spadix
Extent: 1 sheet
Emergent Plant Series: #1, Submerged Plant Stage (3.19485)
Date: 1950sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Part of a series of numbered illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with trees and hills in background, and a cross-section view of five types of submerged aquatic plants attached to pond bottom.
Header: SUBMERGED PLANT STAGE / PLANTS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM / only their flowers reach the surface
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- pond and surrounding landscape
- cross-section:
- WATER WEED--Elodea canadensis
- EEL GRASS--Vallisneria spiralis
- PONDWEED--Potamogeton crispus
- HORNWORT--Ceratophyllum demersum
- WATER MILFOIL--Myriophyllum spicatum
Extent: 1 sheet
Emergent Plant Series: #2, Floating-Leaf Plant Stage (3.19486)
Date: 1950sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Part of a series of numbered illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond showing some plants at the surface of its bay with trees and hills in background, and a cross-section view of aquatic plants attached to pond bottom, with leaves and flowers of shallower plants extended to water's surface.
Header: FLOATING-LEAF PLANT STAGE / PLANTS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM / leaves and flowers floating at surface
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- pond and surrounding landscape
- cross-section [divided into 4 sections]:
- FLOATING LEAF ZONE
- water lily
- cow lily
- SUBMERGED PLANT ZONE
- water weed
- eel grass
- pondweed
- hornwort
- water milfoil
- SUBMERGED PLANT STAGE
- FLOATING LEAF ZONE
- FLOATING LEAF ZONE
Extent: 1 sheet