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lot of things that will stand here. It is just in me- 
dias res, two hours below Tierra Frias, two above (or 
at Cordoba, only seventeen miles, but 2,000 feet 
lower) true tropical. Papaya fruits here, also Persea 
gratissima, ete. And the oranges are delicious. I 
have passed the whole morning with the garden man, 
while Farlow went up a small steep mountain, and 
brought back various things. We shall drive this 
afternoon to the Cascade of Rincon Grande (cas- 
cades are most rare in Mexico). 
The air here suits us; shall try to leave our coughs 
here and at Cordoba below. 
On the way here had views of Popocatapetl and the 
more beautiful and diversified Iztaccihuatl from the 
sides, and wound round the base of Mt. Orizaba. A 
true Mexican town this. Mrs. Gray enjoying sights 
from the window; will be able to drive out this after- 
noon, though the clouds are sinking too much and 
mist gathering, a great contrast to the city of Mexico. 
P. M.—We went, but saw the falls (very pictur- 
esque) in a wet mist, and for botany got a lot of sub- 
tropical Mexican plants, the like of which I never 
saw win fore: among Composite, Lagascea 
(large heads), Tree Vernonias of the Scorpioides 
set, Calea, Andromachia, ete., ete. 
Corposa, March 2, 1885. 
. To continue. On Saturday, a fine and sunny 
morning, Farlow and I drove off for the Cascade of 
Barrio Nuevo, almost as beautiful as the other, and 
had a long morning in clambering and collecting. In 
the grounds on the way are planted trees of a Bom- 
bacea, in flower before the leaf, probably Pachira. The 
peak of Orizaba shows as a narrow streak of white 
