
          About the Yucca I fear I can help
 you out of your "trouble" but little [crossed out: illegible]
 especially with [added: out] reference to specimens.
 The one at "Pecan creek" is the same as
 one seen if not collected at Fort Smith
 and Dr. Engelmann thinks must be the
 Y. [Yucca] angustifolia of Ph. [Pursh]. The one from
 Hurrah creek I took to be the same as
 those collected on the Boundary at the Copper
 mines. It may not be the same but the
 plant resembles it exactly. This a
 low plant without any thing [anything] but a 
 subterranean stem. I found one
 very common on the plains of Texas near 
 the Limpia mts. [mountains] and also in the neighborhood
 of Presidio Del Norte with a 
 large sweet juicy edible fruit. This
 grows sometimes quite tall 10-15 feet
 high. The leaves of these two last
 resemble each other almost exactly.
 The fruit of the tall one is longer
 but not larger and has much more 
 pulp than the smaller. The pulp
 of the smaller one is sweet however.  
        