MEXICAN NOTES. 
The morning of the 26th of April, 1894, found the writer en- 
tering the City of Mexico in search of many things horticultural. 
Just around the corner of the National Palace a familiar face was* 
met in the person of Mr. Fred ae last seen a resi- 
dent of Baja California. 
Later in the day a visit was paid to ed Museo Nacional, etic 
by the merest chance I had the pleasure of meeting the nationa 
botanist, Dr. Manuel Urbina, through whom I had the pleasure 
of visiting the natural history rooms and herbarium, not yet open 
to the public, and was also given an introduction to Dr. A. L 
Herrera, one of the best known naturalists of’ Mexico, to whom : 
I was subsequently indebted for many favors. Ee 
On the 7th of May, having hunted well over the old Aztec” 
city, so full of historic reminders, I paid a visit to the beautiful — 
town of Cuautla, which lies within the tierra templada, where 
Jack Frost is never known to visit. Near this town I found — 
beautiful trees of the wild fig, and many wild flowers and shrub- 
bery whose acquaintance I had not previously made. It is not 
the object of this article to give an acco ant of the many beautiful 
It will perhaps be more practical to speak of some general ae 
ing conditions observed in this sister republic of ours. : 
a portion of the country; my visit was at the warmest and dryest 
season of the vear it is true, but the northern portion of the re- 
public is fully as arid as the southwest portion of the United 
tee his 
espects—in fact in no wise equal to those of California. 
