who has travelled much, and who has been attentive to the 
products, would be almost certain to see something entirely new 
to him, probably a number of such articles, on visiting the market 
of a distant town 
It thus happens that a surprisingly large number of important 
vegetab'e products of Mexico are botanically either wholly un- 
known, or known in the most general and indefinite manner, and 
that it is exceptionally desirable that all travellers should unite 
very fragmentary way. Even a leafy branch without flowers or 
fruit, or a photograph, with suitable notes, may prove the means 
of clearing up some long existing doubt as to the identity and 
source of a very important product. It is to be remembered, 
in this connection, that the value of these products is often far 
from being local. Many of them are capable, either in their 
natural condition, or after easy ernie of being 
favorably received in the markets of the w 
It is with this idea that the present ee is uae 
It is in no sense a synopsis of Mexican economic , but 
strict y what its title implies, remarks on ‘‘Some ae re of 
Mexico,”’ these plants being such as have claimed my special 
attention while travel ing there. 
On the pe of drugs, I will merely touch. Native Mexican 
drugs are a le Aside from the fact that the subject is not 
one of alae Nes interest, it would require a volume for its treat- 
ment. Having here an illustration of a species of Argemone, 
a member of the poppy family, I will remark that I expect the 
oil of the seeds of this genus to some day become an important 
article of commerce. Aside hae the fact that it has excellent 
medicinal qualities, it is likely to subserve many of the other 
uses of fixed oils. rgemone is represented in Mexico by many 
species or varieties, and it grows most readily and abundantly. 
Most of the food-plants of Mexico, being those of cultivation, 
and well-known elsewhere, will not receive attention, but I will 
refer to several interesting novelties in this 
The use of the young shoots of Oriental bamboos for food is 
well known, so that I was interested in observing that the 
