06/26/1951: E. L. Kammerer to Bernard Harkness (3.93606)
Date: June 26 1951Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter thanking him for copying them on the letter regarding taxonomy of Lonicera Billardi vs Lonicera tatarica var. parvifolia. Says the Arboretum will change its records for the plant to Lonicera tatarica var. parvifolia per his findings.
07/30: Mother O'Connor to E. L. Kammerer (3.93950)
Date: July 30 2022Creator: O'Connor, M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Mother O'Connor to E. L. Kammerer asking for advice about a blight, which she has included a specimen of, that has appeared on a number of trees growing at the Cenacle in Warrenville, IL.
10/02/1952: E. L. Kammerer to Dorothy E. Hansell (3.94021)
Date: October 2 1952Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Dorothy Hansell accompanying the requested article about The Morton Arboretum for the Garden Journal of the New York Botanic Garden. Mr. Kammerer also writes that a separate package containing fourteen photos of the Arboretum is being mailed.
10/25/1934: E. L. Kammerer to Henry Leuthardt (3.93676)
Date: October 25 1934Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Says they are planning to plant some espalier pears and would like to see his illustrated information and price list.
11/11/1936: E. L. Kammerer to Mr. J. J. Grullemans (3.93701)
Date: November 11 1936Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Informing Mr. Grullemans that the Cotoneaster he had pointed out when he visited the Arboretum has been identified by Alfred Rehder of the Arnold Arboretum as C. multiflora, despite it having been received as C. racemiflora soongorica and will be changed. Mentions sending some seeds of it, and also that the Arboretum has been pleased with the Mentor Barberries they had received.
12/10/1935: Mrs. Arthur H Boettcher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93594)
Date: December 10 1935Creator: Boettcher, Mrs. Rose K.
Type: Document
Description:Outlines the proposed lecture and field trip schedule.
12/10/1935: Mrs. Arthur H. Boettcher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93590)
Date: December 10 1935Creator: Boettcher, Mrs. Rose K.
Type: Document
Description:Letter on behalf of the Garden Club of Illinois, mentioning that they have been working with Mrs. Watts on providing educational classes and would like E. L. Kammerer, Clarence Godshalk, and John van Gemert to also teach and conduct field trips.
14th American Horticultural Congress (3.64946)
Date: October 7 – 10 1959Type: Document
Description:List of individuals who attended the 14th American Horticultural Congress.
Extent: 5 pages
1929/03/06: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101454)
Date: March 6 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton saying Fred Berg seemed quite pleased to be scolded by Morton. He is getting around rather well. The weather is spring-like, but as the ground is still frozen, they are unable to plant. They have considerable trimming and burning of brush yet to do. The men are moving larches and pines for the background of the flower garden. They are also pruning. Chas Schroeder has been down several times to ask for phosphate for the land he left idle last summer. Fred Berg also wants phosphate for the big hill. Should he buy a car and divide it between the two?
He has two good candidates for the assistant in botanical work position. He is enclosing copies of letters of their qualifications. Mr. Kammerer is stopping by today. He would like Morton's approval to offer the job to one of them for the salary offered to Mr. Weimer. He includes a message from Mrs. Barnet to Mrs. Morton.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/03/13: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101455)
Date: March 13 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton saying the weather is quite spring-like. They have finished moving the pines and larches and are now moving the crabapples and hawthorns to the flower garden. There is brush to burn and raking to do on the residence lawn. Fred Berg seems to be completely recovered. There have been five calves born; one was sold to Frank Meyer. He would like to hire Kamerer (sic) who is not as scientifically trained as the other candidates, but he will accept a lower salary. Mr. Marts and Mr. Steere are working towards their doctorates and would not accept the salary offered. Morton's new chauffeur's wife liked the cottage, and they will move in April 1. The grape vines are trimmed and tied up, and Mr. Bain will loan them his power sprayer.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/03/19: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101456)
Date: March 19 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton saying he was glad to get his telegram telling him to hire Kammerer. He goes on to list Kammerer's qualifications. Godshalk is having Kammerer check the Arboretum's card catalog with Van Gemert's to insure the accuracy of Arboretum records. He had Kammerer checking up on winter damage with him and is also making notes on the plants that have the best spring bark color. He wants to highlight these plants in the first bulletin. He would also like to include a list of plants rabbits prefer, so readers know which ones to protect. At the Arboretum, winter weather damage was slight, but rabbit damage was heavy. Everyone at the Arboretum seems to enjoy his work; he has given the men responsibilities in addition to their regular work freeing up Godshalk to study plant material. He has been testing the ground for frost, but it is still too sticky to work in. They are trimming dead branches and burning brush. They will continue to move the crabapples and hawthornes when the soil is drier. He updates him on the dairy operation. Mr. Bixby sent him a letter saying the nut trees are dug and will be sent within a few days.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/04/03: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101458)
Date: April 3 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton telling him about the heavy rain and wind the Arboretum experienced. Every low spot was filled with water, and water was over both roads north of the cement hedge near his house. He was worried about the river dam, but they did not have to do any sand bagging. Considerable road repair will need to be done on the east side. They have been transplanting from the nursery and thinning existing plantings using 24 men. The ground is still too wet for plowing and discing. Kammerer is in charge of the men digging in the nursery and in Van Gemert's beds; these plants will be added to the botanical and geographical groups. Penskofer and several straw bosses are in charge of the men doing the planting. He ordered the small trees for Pete Hardy's plantings. The new chauffeur and his wife moved in, and Godshalk had him clean and grease the Ford. He is a little afraid Price, the chauffeur, while probably a good driver, is not much of a mechanic. He will have White help him with the work on the Dodge. They will have the material ready for the first bulletin by the time Morton returns.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/12/23: E. L. Kammerer to Prof. Dr. F. Oehlkers (3.94045)
Date: December 23 1929Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Prof. Dr. F. Oehlkers, Director of the Darmstadt Botanic Garden requesting the following seeds from their seed exchange list: Betula coerulea Blanch v. grandidentata [Betula ×caerulea Blanch. var. grandis], Corpinus Tschonoskyi Maxim [Carpinus Tschonoskii Maxim], Crataegus ovata Sarg., Fraxinus oxycarpa Willd., Lonicera discolor Ldl., Sorbus alnifolia Koehne, Ribes inebriana Ldl. var. minus Janoz, Symphoricarpus rotundifolius [Symphoricarpos rotundifolius], Tilia Maximovicziana Shirasawa [Tilia maximowicziana Shirasawa], Viburnum venosum Britt.
1930-1939: Jean Cudahy to E. L. Kammerer (3.61620)
Date: 1930sCreator: Cudahy, Jean Morton
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jean Cudahy to E. L. Kammerer approving the purchase of some roses.
Extent: 1 Sheet, Double Sided
1930/01/02: E. L. Kammerer to R. & J. Farquhar Co. (3.94114)
Date: January 2 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to R. & J. Farquhar Co. requesting they forward the Arboretum's order of Japanese Lillies (12 Lilium speciosum rubrum, mammoth and 12 Lilium auratum mammoth) that had arrived from Japan.
1930/01/06: E. L. Kammerer to the Director at Barres School of Forestry (3.94135)
Date: January 6 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to the Director at the Barres School of Forestry requesting the following seeds from their seed exchange list: Aronia pirifolia [pyrifolia], Koelreuteria [paniculata] apiculata, Pinus Laricio Poiret, Ptelea isophylla, Staphylea colchica, Staphylea colchica pyramidalis, Viburnum coriaceum, Zanthoxylon [Zanthoxylum] piperitum, Zenobia speciosa.
1930/01/06: E. L. Kammerer to the Director of the Barres School of Forestry (3.94124)
Date: January 6 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to the Director of the Barres School of Forestry in Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret, France, requesting the following seeds from their seed exchange list: Aronia pirifolia, Koelreuteria apiculata [Koelreuteria paniculata], Pinus (Laricio corsica) nigra colobrica, Ptelea isophylla, Staphylea (colchica Kochiana) Kochiana, Staphylea (colchica pyramidalis) coulombieri pyramidalis, Viburnum (coriaceum) cylindricum, Zanthoxylum piperitum, Zenobia (speciosa palveruleuta) palveruleuta.
1930/01/07: Staatlicher Botanischer Garten to E. L. Kammerer (3.94268)
Date: January 7 1930Creator: Staatlicher Botanischer Garten
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Staatlicher Botanischer Garten to E. L. Kammerer regarding Quercus scions.
1930/01/10: E. L. Kammerer to Henry H. Dixon (3.94157)
Date: January 10 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Mr. Henry H. Dixon, Director of the Trinity College Botanic Garden in Dublin, Ireland, requesting the following seeds from their 1930 seed exchange list: Acer pseudoplatanus aureus, Iris manneri, Lonicera arkwrightii, Spiraea rumboldtii, Viburnum parviflorium angustifolium, and Viburnum lyallii.
1930/01/10: E. L. Kammerer to the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland (3.94136)
Date: January 10 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland requesting the following seeds from their 1929 seed exchange list: Acanthopanax leucorrhizus var. acaberulus, Acer franchetii, Acer pseudoplatanus var. euchlorum, Acer pseudoplatanus var. flavo-marginatum, Acer pseudoplatanus var. follis oupreis, Acer pseudoplatanus var. purpureum, Alnus incana var. orbicularis, Cornus hessei, Cornus sanguinea var. latifolia, Cotoneaster microphylla [microphyllus] var. vallasa,Crataegus acclivis, Crataegus flammea, Crataegus oxyacantha var. flore punicco, Crataegus pascens, Daphne acutiloba, Iris kashmiriana, Lonicera tomentella, Prunus avium var. pulverulenta tricolor, Prunus maximowiczii, Pyrus alpina var. superaria, (Pyrus) Sorbus aria var. obtusata, (Pyrus) Sorbus aucuparia var. Dirkenii aurea, (Pyrus) Sorbus aucuparia var. pendula variegata, Pyrus rehderiana, Ribes Roezlii cruentum, Rubus thomsonii, Sorbaria arborea var. subtomentosa, Syringa emodi var. variegata, Viburnum lantana var. foliis pulverulentis [pulverulentus].
1930/01/11: E. L. Kammerer to Allwood Bros. (3.94179)
Date: January 11 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Allwood Bros. nursery in Sussex, England ordering one packet (120 seeds) of Dianthus Sweet Wivelsfield (Dianthus allwoodii x Sweet William.).
1930/01/11: R. D. Hartman to E. L. Kammerer (3.94168)
Date: January 11 1930Creator: Hartman, Ray D.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from R. D. Hartman of Leonard Coates Nurseries to E. L. Kammerer letting him know they can supply Jumbo size seedlings of Prunus cerasifera.
1930/01/13: E. L. Kammerer to Edwin D. Weary (3.93658)
Date: January 13 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Says they were very interested to hear more about his tree that seems to be a cross between Ailanthus [Tree of Heaven] and Ash, and agrees with Arnold Arboretum's theory of how it came about. Identifies the requested ivy recommendation as Engelmann [Engelman] Creeper (Ampelopsis Quinquefolia Engelmannii) [Parthenocissus quinquefolia Englemannii].
Thanks him for sending them a sample of black Wurtzilite.
1930/01/15: E. L. Kammerer to the Lyon Botanic Garden (3.94057)
Date: January 15 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to the Director of the Lyon Botanic Garden requesting the following seeds from their seed exchange list: Ampelopsis aconitifolia, Rhus juglandifolia, Cersis siliquastrum, Rhamnus castaneifolia, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Rosa fraxinifolia.
1930/01/16: E. L. Kammerer to N. Rax Hunt, USDA Plant Quarantine and Control Administration (3.94068)
Date: January 16 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to N. Rax Hunt of the USDA Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, asking for a permit to import the following plants fro the Old Farm Nurseries in Holland: Abies pindrov, Abies pinsapo var. glauca, Acer pseudo platanus purpureum Spathii, Carpinus betulus var. fol. purpursis, Carpinus betulus quercifolia, Cotinus foliis atropurpursis [possibly Cotinus coggygria atropurpurea], Deutzia Wallsii [Deutzia Wallisii], Fraxinus aureo-pendula [Fraxinus aurea Pendula], Fraxinus jaepides [possibly Fraxinus 'Jaspidea'], Populus Ficardii, Picea excelea dumosa [Picea abies], Picea pungens glauca Noerheim, Syringa vulgaris Glory of Horstenstein, Syringa vulgaris Mme. R. Goyer, Syringa vulgaris Sinai, Syringa vulgaris Mme. Felix, and Tamarix tetrandra var. purpurea.
1930/01/21: E. L. Kammerer to Frank Bailey (3.94078)
Date: January 21 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Frank Bailey letting him know, per his inquiry, that The Morton Arboretum sourced Daphne cauasica from seeds from the Munich Botanic Garden, and that no nursery he knows of in the U. S. sources it. Mr. Kammerer writes that if the Arboretum's plant produces enough seeds next year, they might be able to send some.
1930/01/22: Botanical Assistant (E. L. Kammerer) to Dr. Joannes Hagri (3.94097)
Date: January 22 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Joaness Hagri, Director of the R. Horto Botanico Florentino in Florence, Italy, letting them know The Morton Arboretum had received their seed exchange list and would like the following seeds: 47 Quercus ilex angustifolia, 248 Ribes magellanicum, 256 Cotoneaster fontanesii, 283 Rubus moluocanus, and 500 clethra michauxii.
1930/01/22: Botanical Assistant (E. L. Kammerer) to Prof. Dr. S. Ito (3.94098)
Date: January 22 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Prof. Dr. S. Ito, Director of the Botanic Garden of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan, regarding the seed exchange list they sent to The Morton Arboretum. E. L. Kammerer requests the following plants: Acer miyabei, Acer tschonoskii, Rhus ambigua, Alnus japonica arguta, Viburnum dilatatum form hispidum, Evonymus [Euonymus] sachalinensis, Clematis heracleifolia var. Lavallei, Styrax obassia, and Stewartia pseudo-camellia. There are additional plants on the list that are crossed out.
1930/01/24: Botanical Assistant (E. L. Kammerer) to Prof. M. Vladescu (3.94099)
Date: January 24 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Prof. M. Vladescu, Director of the University of Bucharest Botanic Garden, asking for the following seeds from their seed exchange list: Clematis recta antropurpurea [atropurpurea], Berberis loxensis, Acer monspressulsnum, Prunus duracina, Prunus juliana, and Lonicera tatarica ruoristora.
1930/01/27: Bobbink & Atkins to E. L. Kammerer (3.94089)
Date: January 27 1930Creator: Bobbink & Atkins [Nursery]
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Bobbink & Atkins, Nurserymen in New Jersey, to E. L. Kammerer letting him know they have sent their list of special Lilacs that he had requested.
1930/01/28: E. L. Kammerer to E. H. Wilson (3.94102)
Date: January 28 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to E. H. Wilson asking for scions of the following lilacs to replenish the Arboretum's collection: Syringa vulgaris Andenken an Ludwig Spaeth, Syringa vulgaris Caroli, Syringa vulgaris Duc de Massa, Syringa vulgaris Jules Simon, Syringa vulgaris Lovaniensis, Syringa vulgaris Maximowicz, Syringa vulgaris Philemon, Syringa vulgaris Yunnanense.
1930/01/28: E. L. Kammerer to the Superintendent of Parks, Rochester, NY (3.94101)
Date: January 28 1930Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to the Superintendent of Parks in Rochester, New York, asking for scions of the following lilacs for the Arboretum's lilac group: Syringa vulgaris Albert the Good, Syringa vulgaris De Sauaure, Syringa vulgaris Diderot, Syringa vulgaris Doyen Keteleer, Syringa vulgaris [illegible] Root, Syringa vulgaris Gen. Grant, Syringa vulgaris H. H. Edgerton, Syringa vulgaris H. W. Longfellow, Syringa vulgaris James Monroe, Syringa vulgaris Joan Dunbar, Syringa vulgaris L'Oncle Tom, Syringa vulgaris Mirabeau, Syringa vulgaris Monge, Syringa vulgaris Othello, Syringa vulgaris Pasteur, Syringa vulgaris Peterson, Syringa vulgaris Steenoruyel, Syringa vulgaris Veauve.
1930/01/29: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101418)
Date: January 29 1930Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk stating she is going to send bound copies of last year's Arboretum bulletin to him and van Gemert and asks if Kammerer and/or anyone else should have a set.
Extent: 1 sheet
1930/01/29: Shipment list for The Morton Arboretum from Old Farm Nurseries (3.94104)
Date: January 29 1930Creator: Old Farm Nurseries
Type: Document
Description:List of plants ordered by The Morton Arboretum from Old Farm Nurseries in Holland: 3 Acer pseudo-platanus purpureum Spathii, 3 Carpinus betulus var. fol. purpureis, 3 Carpinus betulus var. quercifolia, 3 Cotinus coggygria var. atropurpurea, 3 Deutzia wellsii, 3 Fraxinus excelsior var. aureo pendula, 3 Fraxinus excelsior var. jaspidea, 5 Picea excelsa Dumosa [Picea aibes], 3 Populus alba Picardii, 3 Syringa vulgaris Glory of Hornstein, 3 Syringa vulgaris Mme. R. Goyer, 3 Syringa vulgaris Sinai, 3 Syringa vulgaris Mme Felix, 3 Tamarix tetrandra var. purpurea.
1930/01/30: E.H. Wilson to The Morton Arboretum (Gentlemen) (3.62012)
Date: January 31 1930Creator: Wilson, Ernest Henry, 1876-1930.
Type: Document
Description:Letter informing Morton Arboretum that the Arnold Arboretum sent scions of 6 lilacs.
Extent: 1 sheet
1930/01/30: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101415)
Date: January 30 1930Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk listing the journals she is sending him by express. She is also sending a bound copy of the Morton Arboretum Bulletin for Godshalk, Van Gemert, and Kammerer.
Extent: 1 sheet