Tree Bud Illustrated Posters From May Watts @ Morton Arboretum
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Earlier this year, in one of their ordinary monthly email broadcasts, the Morton Arboretum turned me on to something wild. At least...wild to me. Who am I? A tree bud enthusiast. Turns out, there are lots of us. And some really special ones. The newsletter referenced a former Arboretum employee with the title of 'naturalist' named May Theilgaard Watts . And, these incredible, illustrated vintage posters in the Arboretum collection that May T. Watts created. First...a look at the posters below. All of these are sourced from ACORN - Sterling Morton's Library that includes online images. Some May T Watts archives in ACORN can be found here . Fascinating stuff in there. I've only scratched the VERY thin surface. Have a look at these beauties. Source ...again... from ACORN . The ACORN listing here states these were created in the 1940's. Hard to believe that I've never heard of Ms. Watts. Can't be more interested in learning more about her