[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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up of unidentified leaves, buds, and fruit, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico]

Close-up photograph of the fruits, flower buds, and leaves of an unidentified plant growing in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The plant's more developed fruits are red, and green undeveloped fruits appear on the same branch below. Yellow-white buds are featured on the bottom right.
Date: 1969-06-20~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up photograph of a cross-section of a Danaea nodosa stem, 3]

Close-up photograph of a cross-section of the stem of Danaea nodosa. This photograph was taken in the Maricao Forest of Puerto Rico.
Date: June 20, 1969
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up photograph of a Danaea nodosa stem cross-section, 1]

Close-up photograph of a cross-section of the stem of the fern Danaea nodosa. This photograph was taken in the Maricao Forest of Puerto Rico.
Date: June 20, 1969
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up photograph of a Danaea nodosa stem cross-section, 2]

Close-up photograph of a cross-section of the stem of Danaea nodosa, a tropical fern. This photograph was taken in the Maricao Forest of Puerto Rico.
Date: June 20, 1969
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Echium pininana leaning to the left]

Photograph of a tree echium plant, scientific name Echium pininana, growing in the Canary Islands. The plant leans slightly to the left.
Date: June 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sonchus platylepis growing on rocky cliff]

Habit photograph of common sow thistle, scientific name Sonchus platylepis, growing on the side of a rocky cliff. The plant is pictured in the foreground, and its flowers are yellow and its leaves serrated. Behind the plant to the right, there is a noticeable absence of light.
Date: May 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial image of forested mountains]

Aerial photograph of a mountain range with some areas densely forested and other areas with shorter vegetation. Trails or roads and cleared circular areas can be seen on the mountain in the foreground. Small clouds can be seen above the mountain range and clouds in the distance with clear blue sky above.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mary Daggett Lake Library]

Photograph of the Mary Daggett Lake Library at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The library, located in the Rock Springs Center, contains bookshelves along the four corners of the room. At center is a wide gray fireplace with a portrait of Mary Daggett Lake hanging above, with bookshelves lined with books on both sides of the fireplace. At center, set upon a large rug, is a wooden table with two adjoining, cushioned wooden tables and a large white book atop it, as well as a pair of reclined white armchairs with adjoining white lamps behind the table. At right there is a large, tiled window, from which the fragrance garden is visible.
Date: [1963..]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Rose Garden with Snow]

Photograph of the Lower Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden covered with snow. At bottom center is the "rose ramp", a wide set of triangular arrangements of roses bordered with short hedges with a water stream running along concrete steps down the middle of the ramp and stairs along both sides of the flowers. Below the "rose ramp", at center is a rectangular pond with shrubs and bushes on each corner, and several polygonal beds of flowers lined with hedges, all of which are covered in white snow. Above the garden is a narrow frozen lake lined with bare white trees. Along the bottom foreground is a metal barricade covered snow.
Date: April 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up of an emu]

Close-up photograph of an emu standing by a tree. The emu looks to the right side of the photo.
Date: 1962
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History