Arboretum Donations

Thank you to our generous donors for the following contributions to our Arboretum;

Tree ID Common Name Date Planted Botanical Name Donor

1-33-1 Sugar Maple Spring 2005 Acer saccharum Donated by the Garden Club of America in recognition of their national conference in Kansas City in 2005

7-1-18 Redbud Spring 2010 Cercis canadensis Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

7-1-19 Redbud Spring 2010 Cercis canadensis Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

7-3-2 Whitebud Fall 1987 Cercis canadensis alba Donated by the Westport Garden Club

9-1-2 Yellowwood 1970 Cladrastis kentukea Donated by Dr. Henderson and The American Iris Society

14b-1-1 Franklin Tree 43983 Franklinia alatamaha Donated by Ken O’Dell and Jim Earnest, volunteers of the Overland Park Arboretum

15-3-1 White Ash 1969 Fraxinius americana This tree was selected, propagated, patented, and donated by Evertt Asjes.

25-10-1 Butterflies Magnolia Spring 2003 Magnolia acuminata x M. denudata Planted as part of the Kathryn Shipman, wife of the first Linda Hall Library Director, memorial planting.

25-10-2 Butterflies Magnolia Spring 2003 Magnolia acuminata x M. denudata Planted as part of the Kathryn Shipman, wife of the first Linda Hall Library Director, memorial planting.

25-11-1 Ann Magnolia Sring 2003 Magnolia liliflora x stellata Planted as part of the Kathryn Shipman, wife of the first Linda Hall Library Director, memorial planting.

25-11-2 Ann Magnolia Sring 2003 Magnolia liliflora x stellata Planted as part of the Kathryn Shipman, wife of the first Linda Hall Library Director, memorial planting.

26-11-1 Flowering Crab Fall 2010 Malus ‘Cardinal’ Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

26-11-3 Flowering Crab Fall 2010 Malus ‘Cardinal’ Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

26-11-4 Flowering Crab Fall 2010 Malus ‘Cardinal’ Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

26-10-4 Flowering Crab Spring 2010 Malus ‘Louisa Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

26-10-2 Flowering Crab Spring 2010 Malus ‘Louisa’ Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

26-10-3 Flowering Crab Spring 2010 Malus ‘Louisa’ Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

26-10-5 Flowering Crab Spring 2010 Malus ‘Louisa’ Planted as part of the Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, Memorial Grove.

26-8-1 Flowering Crab Spring 1988 Malus ‘Robinson’ Donated by the Westport Garden Club as a memorial for Fancis W. Bartlett, the last surviving member of the original Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees.

26b-1-1 Dawn Redwood Spring 2010 Metasequoia glyptostroboides Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

26b-1-2 Dawn Redwood Spring 2010 Metasequoia glyptostroboides Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

26b-1-3 Dawn Redwood Spring 2010 Metasequoia glyptostroboides Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

28-1-3 Black gum, Tupelo 31503 Nyssa sylvatica Donated by the Westport Garden Club

49-3-2 Arts Blue Scotch Pine Spring 1989 Pinus sylvestris Donated by the Westport Garden Club as part of the memorial planting for Evert Asjes, founder of Rosehill Gardens.

49-3-3 Arts Blue Scotch Pine Spring 1989 Pinus sylvestris Donated by the Westport Garden Club as part of the memorial planting for Evert Asjes, founder of Rosehill Gardens.

49-3-4 Arts Blue Scotch Pine Spring 1989 Pinus sylvestris Donated by the Westport Garden Club as part of the memorial planting for Evert Asjes, founder of Rosehill Gardens.

34-1-2 White Oak Spring 1995 Quercus alba Planted as a memorial for Thomas Gilles, Linda Hall Library’s second Director.

34-39-1 Crimson Spire Oak 37530 Quercus alba x Q. robur Planted as a memorial to C. Humbert, a Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member, and Julia Tinsman, a Westport Garden Club member.

34-5-3 Scarlet Oak Spring 2004 Quercus coccinea Donated by the Westport Garden Club as a memorial for Dwight Sutherland, a Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member and Chairman.

34-37-2 Daimyo Oak Fall 2010 Quercus dentata Planted in honor of Collen Hansen, Nancy Day and Gayle VanAuken, long time members of the Linda Hall Library staff, on the occasion of their retirement.

34-37-4 Daimyo Oak Fall 2010 Quercus dentata Planted in honor of Collen Hansen, Nancy Day and Gayle VanAuken, long time members of the Linda Hall Library staff, on the occasion of their retirement.

40-1-2 Baldcypress Fall 2009 Taxodium distichum Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

40-1-3 Baldcypress Fall 2009 Taxodium distichum Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

40-1-4 Baldcypress Fall 2009 Taxodium distichum Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

40-1-5 Baldcypress Fall 2009 Taxodium distichum Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

40-2-1 Weeping Baldcypress Fall 2009 Taxodium distichum Planted as part of the Siegfried Ruschin, Linda Hall Library Head of Collections Department, Memorial Grove.

44-4-2 Lacebark Elm Fall 2010 Ulmus parvifolia Donated by Dody Gates as a memorial planting for Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member.

44-4-4 Lacebark Elm 40878 Ulmus parvifolia Donated by Dody Gates as a memorial planting for Lathrop Mead Gates, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees member.

10-6-1 Venus Dogwood March 21 Cornus x “Venus” Donated by the Westport Garden Club as a memorial for Jeanne Forney Bleakley, Ellen Zimmer Darling, Norma Henry Sutherland, Suzanne Slaughter Vawter, and Eulalie Bartlett Zimmer.