Ulmus japonica fruit [graphic] / N.S. Hart. (3.24359)
Date: 1982Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w 33 x 28 cm.
Seeds & fruits [graphic] / N.S. Hart. (3.24360)
Date: 1970sCreator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 28 x 22 cm., on sheet 29 x 23 cm.
Seed [graphic] / Nancy Hart. (3.24474)
Date: circa 1991Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 2 x 1 cm., on sheet 17 x 14 cm.
Jeffersonia Diphylla (3.24637)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Large illustration of a Twinleaf plant with detailed views of seed pods, seed, stamen, and pistil details with identifying text. Background images include Monticello at center left, and silhouettes of two small scenes at top right, the top showing a man giving a lecture or speech with the word "Poter" or "Peter" partially erased, the bottom showing a man and a women planting or gardening.
Illustrations as depicted from left to right:
- 2 stamens, one closed, one opened
- 1 pistil
- 1 large illustration of Twinleaf with three sets of leaves and 1 flower
- 1 seed-pod closed
- 1 seed-pod open
- 1 seed
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Red Maple (3.31791)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Red Maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig with buds, seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: RED MAPLE
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree
- twig with buds: opposite-branching
- seeds: ripe in May-June; found in lowlands but also on uplands
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: White Ash (3.31792)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a White Ash tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig and a seed, and descriptive text.
Header: WHITE ASH
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaves: opposite branching
- tree
- twig with close-up sketch of texture: diamond-shaped ridges
- seeds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Silver Poplar (3.31794)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Silver Poplar tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: SILVER POPLAR
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree
- seeds: cottony
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Witch Hazel (3.31797)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Witch Hazel tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of flower and seed, a winter bud, and descriptive text.
Header: WITCH HAZEL
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- flower and seed
- bud: winter bud stalked, naked
- tree: yellow flowers in October
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: River Birch (3.31799)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a River Birch tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of blossoms, seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: RIVER BIRCH
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: no thorns; catkins
- tree: peeling bark; ragged
- blossoms and seeds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Sweet-gum (3.31800)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a sweet-gum tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a fruit, a seed, and descriptive text.
Header: SWEET GUM
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: [text] alternate
- tree: [text] corky ridges on bark of twigs; brilliant Autumn coloring; exudes aromatic rosin
- fruit
- seed
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Kentucky Coffeetree (3.31802)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:A nature print outline of a Kentucky Coffeetree leaf, drawings of its seeds, a twig, and descriptive text.
Header: KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- seeds
- twig: salmon-colored pith
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Water Beech (3.31804)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Water Beech tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of fruit with seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: WATER BEECH
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf [arrow pointing right to stem]: scarlet and orange in Autumn
- tree: bark with "muscles"
- fruit and seeds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Schwedler Maple (3.31807)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Schwedler Maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: SCHWEDLER MAPLE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree: opposite branching; purplish-red Spring coloring
- seeds: ripe in Fall; purplish color
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Sycamore Maple (3.31808)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Sycamore Maple tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, seeds, and descriptive text.
Header: SYCAMORE MAPLE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree: dark heavy green; no Autumn coloring; no milk
- twig with buds
- seeds: ripe in Fall; European
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Redbud (3.31823)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a redbud tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, and a drawing of a seed pod. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- b
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Honey-locust (3.31824)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a honey-locust tree, including a nature print outline of a single leaflet and a drawing of a seed pod. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- c
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: American Elm (3.31852)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of an American elm tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of a seed. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- m
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Boxelder (3.31854)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a boxelder tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of its seeds. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- o
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Butternut (3.31855)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a butternut, or white walnut, tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, and a drawings of its seeds and chambered pith. Tape adhered to bottom right corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom right:
- o
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Horse-chestnut (3.31857)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a horse-chestnut tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of its seed. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- q
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Kentucky Coffeetree (3.31858)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Kentucky coffeetree tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and drawings of its seeds and twig. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- R
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Gray Birch (3.31894)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Gray Birch tree, including nature print outlines of a leaf and twig, and a drawing of seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: American Basswood (3.31897)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of an American basswood, or American linden, tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
Ostrya virginiana (ironwood), fruit detail and tree (3.36417)
Date: April 1978Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ostrya virginiana (ironwood), fruit detail and tree
Bare tree with inset photograph of fruit with seeds exposed
Extent: 1 slide
Juglans nigra (black walnut), nuts (3.37151)
Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Juglans nigra (black walnut), fallen dark brown rounded nuts , one with irregular deep groves and jagged broken ridges, one cut open down center, one with smooth surface
Extent: 1 slide
Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), bark and seed detail (3.37163)
Date: April 1978Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), bark detail with inset photograph of open seed cones and seeds on ground
Extent: 1 slide
Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), seeds and cones (3.37183)
Date: December 1974Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Juniperus virginiana var. crebra (eastern red-cedar), detail of seeds and berry-like cones on ground
Living Collections Accession Number: 324-63
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: A-54/85-10 (Cupressaceae Collection)
Extent: 1 slide
Acer (maple), fruit (3.37246)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer (maple), detail of fruit with pink-hued winged seed cases
Extent: 1 slide
Acer circinatum (vine maple), leaves and fruit in summer (3.37247)
Date: July 7 1976Creator: Coulter, Ronald M.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer circinatum (vine maple) in summer, green leaves with pink winged seed casings
Extent: 1 slide
Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), seed heads and seeds (3.37416)
Date: October 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), three yellow ball-like seed heads and detail of seeds
Extent: 1 slide
Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), seed heads and seeds (3.37417)
Date: March 1969Creator: Curns, B.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), two ball-like seed heads and stalks, one cross-section cutaway seed head showing detail of attached seeds
Extent: 1 slide
Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), seeds (3.37418)
Date: 1980sCreator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), detail of seeds on ground
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), fruit and seeds (3.37700)
Date: June 1974Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), seeds with white cottony fluff (coma) released from fruit capsules dangling from twigs with green leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), dangling fruit cluster with leaves and seeds (3.37704)
Date: April 1978Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), two side-by-side images, one of dangling plump green fruit cluster and slightly pointed capsules and leaves, one image detailing release of white cottony fluff (coma) with seeds
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), dispersed seeds and coma (3.37711)
Date: June 1975Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), white cottony fluff with seeds dispersed among plants and grasses near dirt road
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), seeds and coma (3.37713)
Date: June 1975Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), white cottony fluff with seeds dispersed among plants and grasses
Extent: 1 slide