Roads, winter, Valley Road, hickories, 1900 Alternate Title: Hickory (Carya) Collection with a Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis) in the foreground and Valley Road in the background Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949), American, Canadian Valley Road, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States ca. 1900 A larger version of this image is available in HOLLIS […]
Sciadopitys vericillata [Title from recto of mount.] Alternate Title: Two tree trunks with a man standing in between and a wooden fence and building behind Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949), American, Canadian Chuzenji, Lake, Tochigi, Japan August 10, 1905 A larger version of this image is available in Hollis Images. In April 1886, John […]
Quercus dentata Japan, Sapporo [Title from recto of mount.] Alternate Title: Tree trunk with a horse, carriage and driver Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949), American, Canadian Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan August 22, 1905 A larger version of this image is available in Harvard University’s Hollis Images catalog. In April 1886, John George Jack visited the […]
Fagus sylvatica Sieboldii Japan [Title from recto of mount.] Alternate Title: Tree trunks and vegetation with a man in western dress Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949, American, Canadian) Lake Chuzenji, Tochigi, Japan August 13, 1905 A larger version of this image is available in Harvard University’s Hollis+ catalog. In April 1886, John George Jack […]
Prunus yedoensis, Japan, Yokohama [Title from recto of mount.] Alternate Title: Tree lined street with a man and a woman in rickshaws Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949, American, Canadian) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan August 5, 1905 A larger version of this image is available in HOLLIS, the online catalog of Harvard Library. Prunus spp. “Cherry” […]
Japan – Forestry Ogawa Forest, Kiso [Title from recto of mount.] Alternate Title: Stand of trees on a slope Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949, American, Canadian) Kiso, Nagano, Japan September 5, 1905 A larger version of this image is available in HOLLIS, the online catalog of Harvard Library. In April 1886, John George Jack […]
Harvard University began its involvement with topical botany in Cuba in 1899 when Edwin Atkins (1850–1926), owner of the Soledad Plantation in Cuba, met with Harvard Professors Oakes Ames and George Goodale and established The Harvard Botanic Station for Tropical Research and Sugar Cane Investigation. In 1920, the ties between the garden and Harvard became […]
Sciadopitys vericillata [Title from recto of mount.] Alternate title: Tree habit with wooden temple buildings, a lake and hills in the background Subject: Sciadopitys vericillata (Thunb.) Seib. & Zucc. ; Pinaceae ; Japanese Umbrella Pine. Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949, American, Canadian) Chuzenji, Lake, Tochigi, Japan August 10, 1905 A larger version of this […]
Fagus sylvatica Japan, Lake Chuzenji Photograph by John George Jack (1861-1949, American, Canadian) Mount Fuji, Japan Shizuoka ken, Japan 1905 A larger version of this image is available in Harvard University’s HOLLIS+ catalog. On a related note, the rare European beech cultivar Fagus sylvatica ‘Tortuosa’ is our featured Tree of the Month for November 2015 […]
As part of recent improvements in the Hunnewell Building Visitor Center, the library will now mount temporary exhibits in two new display cases. We are excited to showcase our archival holdings and celebrate the history of the Arnold Arboretum and botanical education. In the Visitor Center reading area, we also feature a rotating selection of […]
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