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much more adaptable than xerophytic plants from other countries. 
“Another fact unrecognized is that Texas probably has more 
bulbous-rooted wild flowers than any other state in the Union. 
So far as I know, the Fern, Cheilanthes tormentosa, is found in 
no other state; and we have the finest Amsonia to be found any¬ 
where. 
“We have the largest assortment and the most brilliant bloomers 
of the great family, Euphorbiaceae, except South Africa. 
“Our Cacti also are wide in range. 
“Our Wild Plums are the finest to be found. 
“The exquisite Southern Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum Capillus- 
Veneris, is more plentiful here than anywhere else; and the same 
is true of the purple cliff-brake, Pellaea atropurpurea. 
“In Eustoma Russellianum we have the most gorgeous-flowered 
Gentian known, and in Sabatia Campestris, and Erythraea Beyri- 
chi the most brilliantly colored. 
“Our native Barberry, Berberis trifoliata (Agarita) is evergreen, 
and grows where those from Asia and the Pacific Coast wither 
and die. 
“We have the largest assortment of Gay Feathers, Liatris punc¬ 
tata, scariosa, squarrosa and pycnostachya. 
“The finest Lobelia, Lobelia splendens, reaches a development 
that is finer here than in other parts of the West. 
“In Penstemmon grandiflora and Penstemmon Cobaea 
we have the biggest and finest on earth. 
“Our Salvia Pitcheri is the finest hardy sage known and 
our Rosa foliolosa is the only wild rose fit for a rockery. 
“In Ephedra we have one of the strangest plants 
known, and it comes to us from prehis¬ 
toric times unchanged. 
“In one thing only I have to haul down 
the Texas flag. The New Mexico Phlox 
Mesoleuca is one 
of the finest na¬ 
tives on earth, 
and undoubted- 
Camassia 
Chinodoxia 
Anemone 
Desert 
Plants 
Bulbous- 
Rooted 
Plants 
Spurge or 
Rubber 
Pamily 
Gentian 
Barberry 
Gay 
Feather 
Lobelia 
Penstemmon 
Salvia 
Ephedra 
Phlox 
