284 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 



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and Orizaba, at 2700; wheat commences at Aculcitigo, 2900 feet, in 

 the valleys in the eastern slope, where, from the frequent rain, they can 

 have two or more crops. On the wheat-growing plains of the plateau, 

 commencing with the Caiiadas of Istapa, 4000 feet, owing to the long 

 drought and hut one wet season, only one crop is got ; it is sown in 

 June, and reaped in September ; the rainy season commences there in 

 June, and extends partially till October. Maize is left out, as in the 

 States, till November, to get dried by the frosts. At Mexico the tem- 

 perature I find pretty steady to 48° to 50° at sunrise, and 70° to 75° 

 in the shade during the day. The barometers are graduated, not as 

 ours, from 28 to 31, but from 21 and 24; the variation is generally 

 trifling, it is now 22y%; water boils at 199°^ I hope to get the fall 



Minerea 



The 



country is in a state bordering on anarchy, and our excursions are 



much limited. We arrived in the nig 



which is now, it is hoped, subdued ; Puebla, the second city, with 

 70,000 people, having surrendered. Mexico is still strongly barricaded, 

 as it was feared the rebels would march on the capital. I am now 

 starting for the Eeal del Monte Mines. The country is said to be very 

 beautiful, and the elevation 1500 feet above Mexico; the climate is 

 like England, so much so that at the table of the Company, I am told 

 by the Hon. Mr. Pakenham, nothing but port- wine is drunk. I go 

 under the wing of two families, who think it best to have an escort of 

 thirty-five men, but 1 believe that there is no real danger, — H. C." 



Collections or Plants on Sale with Mr. E. F. Hohenaker, 



Esslingen, nea?- Stuttgart. 



1. Prof. Blytt, PL Norvegise rariores. Sp, 20-100. 35. 5rf, 

 175. 2rf. 



a. Dr. Lindeberg, PI. Alpium Norvegice rariores. Sp. 200. J63.. 



3. Huet du Pavilion, PI. Sicilise. Sp. 300. £2. 18^. 4rf. 



4. Becker, PL rariores Desertorum Wolgse Inferioris. Sp. 150. 

 £1. 16s. 



5. Lechler, PL Peruanse. Sp. 60-250. £1. — £4. 35. Id. For a 



Catalogue of this collection, cfr. * Berliner Bot. Zeitung,' 1856, 390; 

 Flora, 1856, 271. 



6. Schimper, PL Abyssinica^ e territorio Agow. Sp. 170-200. 



