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with me and I will give them to Mr. Martel and in approximately one year I will be able 

 to report to you some specific observations on this plant. 

 To come back to the Amole, it is evidently a very curious product. I do not know 

 exactly it it is a rhizome or the inferior portion of the trunk; these are also questions 

 that you can present to your professor. In regards to its chemical structure, I can furnish 

 you with very precise Information, because I had a piece of Amole analyzed ( weighing 

 420 grams), by the pharmacist of my ambulance in San Luis Potosi in 1 869 If you are 

 interested I could send you a copy of this analyses made by a very reputable chemist I 

 can already teil you that the rhizome contains 91% saponine. 

 You would give me great pleasure if you could send me in one way or another some 

 seeds of the diverse species that produce Amole, because I would like to acclimatize 

 them to Algeria. 



I notice that it is time that I also talk about the Cacti. These are always my favorite 

 subjects. In the first place I would like to thank you 



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