Botanical Gardens at University of Michigan

Items

• The Indians of Washtenaw County, Michigan Map
  Map of Native American Trails in the Washtenaw County area from the book, The Indians of Washtenaw County by W.B. Hinsdale.
• 8/2/08 Gaffield Children's Garden groundbreaking ceremony at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. (05/55)
  A view of the gate of the Gaffield Children's Garden at Matthaei Botanical Garden.
• Illustration from A Century of Ferns
• The Elgin botanic garden, between 50th & 51st Sts. and 5th & 6th Aves., 1825 / A. Weingärtner's Lithy., N.Y., for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1859.
  A lithograph print from 1859 of the Elgin Botanic Garden. Page taken from D.T. Valentine's Manual (1859)
• Buildings at Matthaei Botanical Gardens at time of dedication, 1962 (Negative #3)
  Black and white photograph of the buildings of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens as they were in 1962, the year the gardens were dedicted.
• Matthaei Botanical Garden of the University of Michigan
  Postcard of the interior of the Tropical House at Matthaei Botanical Garden's Conservatory.
• Matthaei Botanical Garden of the University of Michigan
  Postcard with the image of a willow tree at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Plant Photo Archive
  Search page from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Plant Photo Archive.
• Cultivar: Duchess of Portland
  Images of the Duchess of Portland Peony. This cultivar has been cared for by the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden since 1924.
• Cultivar: Augustin d'Hour (General MacMahon)
  This cultivar is called Augustin d'Hour, or General MacMahon. This particular plant has been cultivated in the Peony Garden since 1924.
• Tree: Quercus alba 340-2016*A
  Quercus alba (White Oak) from the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Boston, MA
• Welwitschia mirabilis (Tumboa)
  Image of a Welwitschia, an example of a plant that can be found in the Arid House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Livistona chinensis (Chinese Fan Palm)
  Image of a Fan Palm, an example of a plant that can be found in the Temperate House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Phoenix dactylifera (Date Palm)
  Image of a Date Palm, an example of a plant that can be found in the Temperate House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Bambusa vulgaris (Common Bamboo)
  Image of Common Bamboo, an example of a plant that can be found in the Temperate House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Echinocereus ledingii (Hedgehog Cactus)
  Image of a Hedgehog Cactus, an example of a plant that can be found in the Arid House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Echinocereus ledingii (Hedgehog Cactus) Closeup
  Closeup image of a Hedgehog Cactus, an example of a plant that can be found in the Arid House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Carnegiea gigantea (Giant Cactus)
  Image of a Giant, an example of a plant that might be found in the Arid House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Agave deserti (Desert Agave)
  Image of a Desert Agave, a plant that might be found in the Arid House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Opuntia dillenii (Prickly Pear Cactus)
  Image of a Prickly Pear Cactus, a plant that can be found in the Arid House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Nepenthes sp. (Tropical Pitcher Plant)
  Image of a Tropical Pitcher Plant, a carnivorous plant that can be found in the Tropical House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Desert House
  Interior shot of the cactus garden inside one of the greenhouses at Matthaei Botanical Garden.
• Neoregelia carolinae (Blushing Bromeliad)
  Image of a potted bromeliad, an example of a plant in the Tropical House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Theobroma cacao (Chocolate Tree)
  Image of the cacao pods in a Theobroma cacao (Chocolate Tree) from the Smithsonian NMNH botany archive, an example of a plant in the Tropical House at the Matthaei Conservatory.
• "Plants that Will Grow in Michigan"
  An article with historic photographs from the June 17, 1923 issue of the Detroit Free Press. It shows plants growing in the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and suggests that these could inform what people plant in their own gardens.