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The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, United States, is a public garden [1] and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. [2] Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 square kilometres), include cataloged collections of trees and other living plants, gardens, and restored ...
Heritage Gardens. Midway Village Museum. Rockford. 42°16′47″N 88°59′10″W / 42.27972°N 88.98611°W / 42.27972; -88.98611. Kaskaskia College Arboretum. Kaskaskia College. Centralia. 38°33′45″N 89°11′34″W / 38.56250°N 89.19278°W / 38.56250; -89.19278. Illinois Central College Arboretum.
A woodland ecosystem in the Morton Arboretum Morton Arboretum, US. Located in Lisle, Illinois, the Morton Arboretum was founded in 1922 by Joy Morton, founder of the Morton Salt Company and son of Arbor Day originator Julius Sterling Morton. At 1,700 acres (690 ha) the Arboretum is one of the largest in the world, and features several mature ...
Ladd Arboretum. Lilacia Park. Lincoln Park Conservatory. Longview Park Conservatory and Gardens. George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden.
The total number of botanical gardens recorded in the United States depends on the criteria used, and is in the range from 296 [4] to 1014. [1] The approximate number of living plant accessions recorded in these botanical gardens — 600,000. [4] The approximate number of taxa in these collections — 90,000 taxa or approximately 40,000 species ...
Elms field at the Morton Arboretum. From left of picture: George Ware, Mrs Vera Grbić, Eugene Smalley and Ray Guries (July 2, 1987) George Ware, Ph.D. (1924–2010) was an American dendrologist and former research director of the Morton Arboretum Illinois who specialized in the evaluation of Asiatic species of elm as urban trees.
Ulmus 'Morton Glossy' (selling name Triumph) is a hybrid cultivar raised by the Morton Arboretum, Illinois.Originally named 'Charisma' until it was realized that name had already been registered for another plant, the tree was derived from a crossing of two other hybrid cultivars grown at the Morton: Accolade and Vanguard.
Ulmus 'Morton' (selling name Accolade) is an elm cultivar cloned from a putative intraspecific hybrid planted at the Morton Arboretum in 1924, which itself originated as seed collected from a tree at the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts. Although this tree was originally identified as Ulmus crassifolia, it is now believed to have been a hybrid ...