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12 10 16 14 Steep Grade 7 Off the paved path Restrooms Drinking Fountain 8 5 6 Emergency Telephone 2 15 13 11 9 4 1 3 Trees Buildings Fountains Sculpture Features 1 Bender oak 6 Fernery 10 Key Fountain 12 Mercury Loggia & Grotto 14 Japanese Overlook Garden 2 Blue Atlas cedar 7 Log Cabin 11 Long Fountain 13 John & Lydia statues 15 Lydia’s Seat (Rose Garden) 3 Ginkgo, maidenhair-tree 8 Springhouse 16 Stone Seat Bridge 4 Katsura-tree 9 Widener Visitor Center 5 Tabletop Scotch elm 1 Bender Oak 2 Blue Atlas Cedar 3 Ginkgo 4 Katsura-tree 5 Tabletop Scotch elm Quercus × benderi Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ Ginkgo biloba Cercidiphyllum japonicum Ulmus glabra ‘ Horizontalis’ • Native to eastern North • The straight species is native to • One of the world’s oldest • Native to Japan and China, • Inspired by the Victorian America; a naturally the Atlas Mountains of North tree species, growing on planted around 1902 by the fascination with weeping and occurring hybrid between Africa. earth for more than 150 Morrises. contorted trees, the Morrises scarlet oak (Q. coccinea) and • Layered branches with million years. • One of the largest of its kind planted this tree sometime red oak (Q. rubra). blue-green needles create a • With striking gold fall color, in North America, this plant before 1909. • Possibly 250 years old, the picturesque landscape tree. this female specimen, is the signature tree of the • Weeping portion of the plant tree provided a dramatic • Small finger-shaped male cones planted by the Morrises, Arboretum. was grafted high onto its 7-foot entrance to the Morris on lower branches pollinate has messy and very smelly • Bright yellow/apricot leaves in understock, forming garden and hilltop home. attractive large beehive-shaped fruit. Non-fruiting males fall release a spicy cinnamon/ the umbrella-like shape. female cones above. make excellent city trees. brown sugar aroma. • Unusual accent tree. 6 Fernery 7 Log Cabin 8 Springhouse 9 Widener 10 Key Fountain 11 Long Fountain Designed by John Morris and In 1908, John Morris designed This area of the Visitor Center Built circa 1915, the The creation of the Long constructed by Hitchings and ordered the construction Arboretum pre-dates Originally part of the Key Fountain combines Fountain was inspired by and Company in 1899, this of a log cabin as Lydia’s the Morrises, when part Morris estate, the design elements from the a trip the Morrises took elegant structure features a private retreat. The Log of the land was used Visitor Center was John medieval palaces of Islamic to the Alhambra in Spain. stone foundation and curved Cabin was often used by the as a dairy farm. Built & Lydia’s three-level Spain with the Victorian After the visit, John & Lydia glass panes. It is a fascinating Morrises to entertain friends. into a hillside alongside carriage house with rock gardens of Adirondack were motivated to install a display of architectural style and Victorians viewed log cabins a spring-fed creek, the horse stables. America. This adaptive “Moorish” fountain, which engineering expertise, shown as a symbol of civilization’s Springhouse was used to mix of architectural and was constructed in 1905. through the successful use of mastery over the wilderness keep dairy products and garden features is typical of roof braces that bear the weight and they were a popular other perishables cool. eclectic Victorian gardens. of the glass and metal framing feature of American estates without interior support poles. from this era. 12 Mercury Loggia 13 John & Lydia 14 Japanese Overlook 15 Lydia's Seat 16 Stone Seat Bridge & Grotto More than a hundred years The Overlook Garden was In 1910, “Garden Steps, Wall This medieval style bridge was In 1913, the Mercury Loggia was ago, John and his sister Lydia completed in 1912. Follow the & Seat” were built into the designed by John Morris in the early constructed by John Morris to celebrate Morris built a summer home winding path to a stone viewing hillside at the north end of the 20th century. Made of Wissahickon the 25th anniversary of the building and garden in Chestnut platform. Home to Asian conifers Rose Garden. The seat and schist, the stone bridge has seats to of Compton. The Loggia is a small, Hill. To ensure that future and deciduous trees, the area stairs were a favorite garden encourage people to linger and enjoy temple-like structure with an arched generations would enjoy also contains a number of Fudo approach from the Compton the sights and sounds of the stream. roof and mosaic tile floor. Inside the its botanical treasures, they (Japanese for “immovable”) mansion to the mixed flower, In fact, riffles, which are miniature Loggia ia a bronze statue of Mercury, laid the groundwork to stones – thought to provide kitchen and herb gardens that waterfalls, were intentionally built to recognizable by this winged sandals. establish a public arboretum. protection from evil spirits. preceded the Rose Garden. increase the interplay of sound and The grotto beneath the Loggia is an light in the stream. artificial cavern with a narrow, winding path that leads to the Ravine Garden. For more information, visit www.morrisarboretum.org.

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