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Polytechnic Station
Fort Worth, Texas
July 3,/1929
My dear Mrs. Lake:
The following are some of
the plants that may, I think, need preservation:
Ferns-- Adiantum Capillus-veneris or Venus Hair
Fern- Lake Worth and one or two other localities
Woodsia obtusa, or Blunt leaved Woodsia
Not very common
Liliaceae Androstephium coeruleum or Androstephium
Not very common ( Wild Hyacinth)
Erythronium albidum coloratum or
(Dog Toothed Violet) Variegated Adder's-tongue In rich woods.
Iridaceae Sisyrincheum amoenum Blue-eyed grass
Common
Nemastylis acuta or Wild Iris
not very common- Grows at Lake Worth.
Aristolochiaceae Aristolochia tomentosa, Wooly Pipe-Vine
in rich woods along Trinity
Polyfonaceae Polyfonum incarnatum Slender Pink
Persicoria
In many places
Amaranthaceae Amaranthus palmeri Palmer's Amaranth
Along our Railroads
(Pig Weed, Red-root) Froelichia drummondii belongs to same family
Iresine paniculata or Juba's Bush
Rich woods
Portulaceae Claytonia Virginica - Spring Beauty
Damp meadows
Caryophyllaceae Parychia Scoparia Whitlow-wort
Lake Worth.