Working Notes - Tree Care Companion Video (3.102604)
Type: Document
Description:Working notes for the video on avoiding root damage. The author is unknown.
Extent: 2 sheets
Edgewood Callery Pear Pyrus Calleryana x betulaefolia Information Sheet (3.104814)
Type: Document
Description:An information sheet produced by Discov-Tree Research and Development in Oquawka, IL, on the Edgewood Callery Pear Pyrus calleryana x betulaefolia.
Extent: 1 sheet
Oaks for Urban Landscapes in Northern Illinois (3.100282)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Description:Guidelines for selecting and transplanting oak trees into a northern Illinois urban environment with commentary on suggested species.
Extent: 7 pages
Root, Shoot Ratio Averages (3.81727)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Assorted data regarding root and shoot ratios for specimens at the Morton Arboretum. The data includes photocopies of propagation records for specific Ulmus americana and Acer saccharinum specimens started in 1990 and 1993, presumably by Dr. George Ware.
Extent: 24 sheets and one 5 1/4" diskette
Accolade Elm Leaflet (3.106998)
Type: Document
Description:Information sheet describing the Accolade Elm (Ulmus x Morton), a hybrid of the Japanese Elm (Ulmus Japonica) and Wilson Elm (Ulmus wilsoniana). Includes general description, growth rate, culture, disease and insect tolerance, and landscape value.
Extent: 1 sheet
Native Trees for Urban Use: Urbanization of Illinois Forests (version 2) (3.114612)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Description:The most extensive urbanization in Illinois is occurring in the northeastern region where the forests are dominated by oaks. This discussion concentrates on urbanization of these oak forests but conclusions are thought to be applicable much more widely.
Note: this version of the article includes George Ware's name after the title and centered on the page. Otherwise the article is identical to the original version.
Extent: 5 pages
Root Injury and Tree Health (3.102590)
Type: Document
Description:Pamphlet suggesting ways to minimize root damage when construction projects take place near a tree.
Extent: 11 pages
Naperville Cemetery Tree Inventory with Site Key (3.104353)
Type: Document
Description:Tree inventory of Naperville Cemetery, Naperville, IL, conducted by The Care of Trees.
Extent: 3 sheets
Inventory List of Plants with Ascension Numbers from the 1920's (3.104904)
Type: Document
Description:A plant inventory list in alphabetical order by scientific name. Ascension numbers are all from the 1920's. It indicates source of the plant and natural range and location in the arboretum.
Extent: 69 sheets
Notations and contact information (3.44623)
Type: Document
Description:Note written by or for George Ware containing contact information for Elaine Andre and information concerning a 25 year old chlorotic pin oak.
Extent: 1 sheet
Memorabilia of George Ware from a 1995 Expedition to China (3.60085)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description: A packet of memorabilia from George Ware's 1995 Expedition to China consisting of a variety of items such as, but not limited to, boarding passes, postcards, postage stamps, ticket stubs, and brochures.
Extent: 15 items
(1994) Tree Distribution Information Sheet - Blank Form (3.102583)
Type: Document
Description:Form for collecting information about a tree distribution
Extent: 1 sheet
Elm Inventory 1997-1982, Group 2 of 7 (3.104818)
Type: Document
Description:An inventory list of elms; group 2 of 7 groupings of inventory lists in the file.
Undated: Peter [Wang] to George Ware (3.44552)
Creator: Wang, Peter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Peter [Wang] to George Ware discussing entrees in the Chinese plant name index of the Iconographia Cormophytorum Sinicorum containing elements of the phrase "Beautiful green gift of the future".
Extent: 1 sheet
Summer Splendor Tartarian Maple (3.104811)
Type: Document
Description:A document describing the characteristics of the Acer tartarium, or Summer Splendor Tartarian Maple, as described by Discov-Tree Research & Development in Oquawka, IL.
Extent: 1 sheet
Trophy Point Tree Walk: Specimen and Unusual Trees of Trophy Point (3.114685)
Creator: Green, Tom
Type: Article
Description:Describes trees located on the U S Military Academy at West Point campus tree trail (Draft).
Extent: 7 pages
Business Card of Michael Ireland, AVID Productions, Inc. (3.102594)
Type: Document
Description:Business Card of Michael Ireland, AVID Productions, Inc. included with proposal for companion video to Tree Care and Root Health pamphlet
Extent: 1 card
Ten Urban Trees for Chicago (3.114616)
Type: Article
Description:An article that describes requirements for a tough and durable tree appropriate for an urban environment and suggests 10 trees suitable for Chicago.
Extent: 4 pages
Scientific Tensions in the Life of Charles Darwin (3.106930)
Type: Document
Description:Announcing a lecture for Morton Arboretum Staff, Guides and Volunteers on the background of the times and the scientific community in which Darwin formed his theory of evolution
Extent: 1 sheet
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 1] (3.102425)
Type: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Lebanon, IL high school students planting seedlings. The third picture is of an unidentified group planting a tree. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet
High level map of Morton Arboretum showing adjacent highways (3.108566)
Type: Document
Description:An undated map showing location of The Morton Arboretum relative to adjacent highways, route of the North/South Tollway and Hidden Lake.
Extent: 1 sheet
Comments from The Story of a Thousand Year Pine (3.104796)
Creator: Refetoff, Sofia
Type: Document
Description:Reflections of Sofia Refetoff after she read The Story of a Thousand Year Pine.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum: A Living Museum of Woody Plants [Leaflet] (3.106922)
Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Brochure introducing The Morton Arboretum to the visitor.
Extent: 1 tri-folded, double-sided pamphlet
[1984]: Albert Marjanedas of the Municipal Council of Barcelona, Spain to The Morton Arboretum (3.100863)
Creator: Marjanedas, Albert
Type: Document
Description:A request from Department of town-ecology of the Municipal Council of Barcelona, Spain for information on tree species living in Barcelona for publications they are planning. Species requested: Robina pseudoacacia L., Liquidambar styracifiua L., Thuja plicata D. Dom, Thuja occidentalis L.
Extent: 2 sheets
Environmentally Tolerant Shrubs for Use in Northern Illinois (3.114664)
Creator: Bachtell, Kris
Type: Document
Description:List of shrubs for use in Northern Illinois showing environmental tolerance categories, typical size, sun requirement, recommended pruning and ornamental characteristics.
Extent: 8 pages
Note card with two names (3.102587)
Type: Document
Description:The names Paul J. Truchan and Alan A Nickerson written on a note card within a file labeled white oak and sugar maple. The association of these names to the material in the file is unclear.
Extent: 1 note card
Map of tree locations in Naperville Cemetery - 2 of 3 (3.104350)
Type: Document
Description:Hand-drawn map of tree locations at Naperville Cemetery with species name and other information created by Michael Spravka.
Extent: 21 sheets
George Ware outdoors holding plant (3.5210)
Type: Photographic image
Description:George Ware outdoors holding plant
Extent: 1 photograph
[1990]: Pat Becker to George Ware (3.100888)
Creator: Becker, Pat
Type: Document
Description:A note to George Ware from Pat Becker of Westlake Pavilion, Franklin Park, IL about donated trees.
Extent: 1 sheet
Undated: Jeff Mengler to George Ware et al. (3.37832)
Creator: Mengler, Jeff
Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Jeff Mengler to George Ware, Marlin Bowles, Kris Bachtell, Joe Larkin, Marion Hall, and Floyd Swink about the delivery of a report concerning findings from a seed bank study that was part of the Des Plaines River Wetland Demonstration project.
Extent: 1 sheet
PROBLEM SITES: AN OVERVIEW (3.114633)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Description:This paper discusses considerations for planting trees in an urban site.
Extent: 6 pages
[1986]: Leslie Stroh to George Ware (3.100881)
Creator: Stroh, Leslie
Type: Document
Description:Shipping instructions for Gleditsia triacanthos pods.
Undated: Patricia Trambridge to George Ware (3.38205)
Creator: Trambridge, Patricia
Type: Document
Description:Note from Patricia Trambridge to George Ware stating that she is sending him an article about himself that was in the The State Newspaper from Columbia, South Carolina.
Extent: 1 sheet
[1986]: IUPU Biology Club to The Morton Arboretum (3.100874)
Creator: Indiana University - Purdue University
Type: Document
Description:A request from Indiana University - Purdue University Arboretum Committee of the Biology Club to The Morton Arboretum for seeds of woody plants for a campus arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Benefits of Organic Mulch (3.114682)
Creator: Green, Tom
Type: Article
Description:A document that lists the benefits of organic mulch and includes a second page that expands on the benefits, discusses the disadvantages of using mulch incorrectly and provides recommendations for mulching correctly.
Extent: 2 sheets
1986/06: Ross Brocato to George Ware (3.70011)
Creator: Brocato, Ross, Delly, John G.
Type: Document
Description:A set of two documents. The first is a letter from Ross Brocato to George Ware. The second is a research report update of the Arbor Lake Diatom Study by Chicago Research Divers dated May, 1986.
Extent: 7 sheets