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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

[Star Fountain Trellis Garden]

Photograph of a fountain in the Fuller Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The fountain, jutting out of a small star-shaped pond, sits centered on the intersection of four stone paths. The edge of each stone path is lined with small hedges, shrugs, and grasses, and along each path, there are tall trellises hung on stone pillars from which leafy plants with budding purple flowers grow. A hanging vase containing a vining yellow plant hangs from a metal green arch lined with plants. Tall, dense trees are situated across the background.
Date: August 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fragrance Garden Planters #2]

Photograph of the Fragrance Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Four elevated planters made of yellow tiles sit in pairs on opposite ends with two long rectangular flower beds in between, and are occupied by short bushes and shrubs between tiled stone brick footpaths. A large semicircular fountain, also elevated, is visible on the right at the end of the flower beds, with small bushes of flowers along the fountain's curve. The garden is bordered by a short brick wall with flourished bud-like caps on each corner, as well as by an adjoining tall wooden fence. Trees are scattered across the background.
Date: August 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gardens Restaurant]

Photograph of the entryway of the Gardens Restaurant at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The entrance, located at the Rock Springs Center, consists of a green arched sign extending from the building that bears the restaurant name and a narrow red carpet jutting out from the automatic glass doors. Flower pots are situated along under the arch, and green and yellow balloons are attached to the arch's standposts.
Date: August 31, 1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wood Pile, Botanic Garden]

Photograph of a wood pile at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, where a worker stands chainsawing a piece of wood from a cut trunk. The wood pile sits on a field of dirt along branches and boulders, and two shed-like structures are seen in the background.
Date: 1969-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History