A Manual of Texas Flora (open access)

A Manual of Texas Flora

Manuscript for botany students describing 98 families of plants in Texas including 341 genera and 774 species. The book is organized into four parts: 1// Key to the Families, pages 1-100; 2// [Mustard] Family -- Flax Family, pages 101-150 and Flax Family -- Evening Primrose Family (Guara), pages 151-200; 3// Potato Family -- Madder Family (Galium), pages 251-300 and Evening Primrose Family (Guara) -- Solanaceae Pers. Potato Family, pages 201-250; 4// Honey Suckle Family -- Composite XVI. (Leptilon), pages 301-350 (First Part) and Composite XVI. (Leptilon) -- End, pages 351-383 (Second Part) with General Index of Latin Names, pages L1-L7, English Index, Including Popular Plant Names, pages E1-E6, and Glossary, pages G1-G11.
Date: August 28, 1916
Creator: Ruth, Albert
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1945-1946] (open access)

[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1945-1946]

Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, photographs, event programs, correspondence, and other items.
Date: 1945/1946
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1952-1953] (open access)

[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1952-1953]

Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, event programs, maps, photographs, and other items.
Date: 1952/1953
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1979-1980] (open access)

[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1979-1980]

Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including event invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items.
Date: 1979/1980
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1954-1960] (open access)

[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1954-1960]

Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, event programs, certificates, and other ephemera.
Date: 1954/1960
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1951-1952] (open access)

[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1951-1952]

Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, certificates, event programs, photographs, and other items.
Date: 1951/1952
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Yellow-flowered Asteraceae growing out of sand

Photograph of a yellow-flowered plant in the Asteraceae family, or the sunflower or daisy family, species unknown. The flowers grew in a white sandy area 1 mile north of Bullsbrook, Western Australia.
Date: October 23, 1962
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Entry Sign]

Photograph of the eastern entrance sign to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The structure contains two lamps on either ends; along the center, the text "Fort Worth Botanic Garden" is displayed in black serif signage. On either edge of the text are fountains with four water outlets pouring into a concrete pool. In the foreground of the image is a patch of red roses; in the background, a large tree.
Date: [1986..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Carlquist Field Book #1] (open access)

[Carlquist Field Book #1]

Handwritten field notebook documenting... including item numbers, descriptions, and locations by date. {{{or adjust, as appropriate}}}
Date: unknown
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Limonium macrophyllum growing along craggy rocks]

Photograph of Limonium macrophylllum (common name: sea lavender) growing along some rocks. The flower blossoms are lavender, and the stems are reddish-brown.
Date: [1967-05-13..1967-05-16]
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Someone holding Velleia paradoxa in their hands]

Photograph of Velleia paradoxa (common name: spur velleia) being held by someone out of frame. A yellow flower is seen in the foreground, and there appears to be a plastic bag in the background.
Date: November 13, 1962
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rock Springs Road Entrance]

Photograph of the Rock Springs Road entrance to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden At center is a decorative pillar holding a detailed lamp on the north end of the road. A square fountain bearing the words "Fort Worth Botanic Garden" is on the end of the pillar. Shrubs and red roses flank the pillar. Behind the pillar is an iron fence and bare trees.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Entrance]

Photograph of the eastern entrance to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The entrance sign, containing the text "Fort Worth Botanic Garden" and several fountain fixtures, is visible at left. To its right is part of the road that leads into the botanical garden, towards the Garden Center and its greenhouse. Patches of yellow flowers and shrubs are in front of the entrance sign and the right half of the image, several feet away from the road.
Date: [1986..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Concert at the Botanic Garden]

Photograph of a concert stage at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The stage, large and prominent in the background of the image, is flanked on both sides by covered structures containing sound amplifiers and is covered by a roof-like sheet. Banners advertising Budweiser hang from the middle of the stage. Multiple seats are placed on the stage, which stands in front of a large white covered tent. In the lower half of the image, people of various ages are visible wandering through plastic lawn chairs.
Date: 1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trial Garden Planting Beds]

Photograph of the Trial Garden's entry sign at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The entry sign, reading "Trial Garden" with a plant symbol on its left, sits on a rectangular bed of purple bluemink flowers. Tiled stone paths are visible around and along the various flower beds in the garden, some elevated and contained by walls made of wooden planks. Behind one planting bed, which contains only uneven mounds of soil, stands a man identified as a master gardener, who holds a tool in his right hand.
Date: [..1991-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cactus Garden Entrance #1]

Photograph of the Cactus Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A large prominent entry sign is located along the curb of the garden's parking lot. It reads "Cactus Garden", and on an adjoining plaque, it adds "Cactus were donated and are maintained by the Fort Worth Cactus & Succulent Society." Behind the sign are several shrubs, bushes, and the cacti, of which there are multiple types. A small greenhouse with several vases of plants and cacti inside is visible on the right side of the image.
Date: [..1995-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cactus Garden Entrance #2]

Photograph of the Cactus Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A large prominent entry sign is located along the curb of the garden's parking lot. It reads "Cactus Garden", and on an adjoining plaque, it adds "Cactus were donated and are maintained by the Fort Worth Cactus & Succulent Society." Behind the sign and along the curb are several shrubs, bushes, and the cacti, of which there are multiple types. A small greenhouse with several vases of plants and cacti inside is visible on the right side of the image.
Date: [..1997-05]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Garden Center Conservatory]

Photograph of the Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Located adjacent to the Garden Center, the Conservatory is a long octagonal building covered entirely in glass. The entry sign in the foreground, made of stone bricks and lined with pink bushes, reads "BOTANIC GARDEN CENTER AND CONSERVATORY".
Date: 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Entrance Gate]

Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. Banners hang from the balcony's fences and are posted in front of the gate, reading "WELCOME", "KONNICHIWA", and "good day" in Japanese. The entry gate is flanked on both ends with walls.
Date: [1973..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Center]

Photograph of the Garden Center and Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The Garden Center, at center, is a white rectangular building. The Conservatory, visible at left, is a large glass greenhouse with a sloped glass roof. The entry sign also at left, made of stone bricks and lined with pink bushes, reads "BOTANIC GARDEN CENTER AND CONSERVATORY".
Date: [1986..1990]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden North Entrance Sign Construction]

Photograph of the northern entrance sign at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden under construction. Numerous gardeners and workers dig in front of the entrance sign, which reads in black serif font "FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN". Rocks, plants, and shrubs are arranged in front of the sign. At center, a young boy is visible with a tool assisting with the landscaping. The W. R. Watt Arena is visible in the background at left.
Date: April 23, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up of Limonium macrophyllum flowers]

Close-up photograph of sea lavender flowers, scientific name Limonium macrophyllum, growing at the Jardín Canario de Viera y Clavijo, or the botanic garden located on Gran Canaria - one of the Canary Islands.
Date: [1967-05-13..1967-05-16]
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History