Aendlng me a deAc/ilptlon. hJhat Ia the Alze ,£onm and poAltlon 

 etc. o£ the tufa oj£ »ool »hlch ought to He at the top o£ the 

 l/ianch and »he/ie a/ie the £lo»en.A and the faultA? Ia the lonnet 

 ofi loool only on top o£ the column aA Ia the caAe »Ith Plloce/ieuA 

 Ho ppenAtedtl o/i along the cou/iAe 0/ the. 1/iancheA aA Ia the caAe 

 »Ith Plloce/ieuA late/iallA ? Uhat a/ie the Alze, aolo/i, and Ahape 

 o£ the £lo»e/iA and faultA? Ifi you could Aend me Aome AeedA ,1 

 »ould He ve/iy happy. 



I l/iought »Ith me many AeedA o£ all the /ta/ie ApecleA that I 

 have encounte/ied, malnly the va/ilouA ApecleA o£ VlAnaqa »hlch 

 the lotanlAtA call tchlno cactuA . ^agulev/ietuA , £0/1 example. 

 0£ EchlnocactuA Apl/iallA alAO, »hlch you Zeno» qulte »eil, 

 &chlnocactuA IngenA »hlch -fLo/imA the eno/imouA lumpA »hlch one 

 fand* In the mountalnA etc. almoAt all 0/ the AeedA have 

 gc/imlnated ve/iy »eil and I t/iy to make theAe plantA kno»n In 

 the g/ieenhouAeA 0/ tLu/iope. 



Ihey centalnly neve/i zieach the glant p/10 po/itlonA they do In 

 place Hut even In Amallen copleA they a/ie e>ct/iemely Inte/ieAtlng 

 and ve/iy /lema/ikadle* 



1/ you »ould He ao klnd aA to collect the AeedA I have aAked 

 you £0/1, you can Aend them to me ven.y^ eaAlly ly add/ieAAlng them 

 to Fl/t, Touge/iat In the Ato/ie de la Cludad de Pa/ilA In P/ilnclpale 

 At/ieet In O/ilzalal. fl/i. Touge/iat Ia the Aenlo/i hotel keepe/i 

 at hotel BlllgenceA In O/ilzalal; you p/ioladly kno» hlm, he and 

 hlA »l£e fl/iA. T ouge/iat have ag/ieed to £o/i»a/id all that you can 

 get £0/1 me. 



I »III fa/ithe/i ziecommend that you collect the AeedA o£ an O/igano 

 Almlla/i to Pltaya lecauAe I have Aeen It planted In the ga/tdenA 

 o£ the vlllage ftlahuatlan 2-3 leagueA faom 7 ehuacan on the zioad 

 faom Cannada and the natlveA cultlvate It /.o/i IIa fault unde/i 

 the name T epequlono chtll Chlchltuna 



In gene/ial all typeA o£ CactuA AeedA »hethe/i they a/ie Ce/ieuA, 

 Plloce/ieuA, üchlnocactuA 0/1 dammllla/ilai »e call ^ammllla/tla 

 the Amall, glolula/i cactl »hoAe Hody Ia cove/ied »Ith hlllockA) 

 »ould pleaAe me; It Ia Aufalclent to add fan. euch Aample the 

 name o£ the place »hesie It g/io»A and the natlve name-l£ the/ie 

 Ia one. I£ you »ant to He even mo/ie complete In y ou/i jieAc/ilptlon 

 you mlght Include the dlmenAlonA the plant /teacheA. The Aame 

 ge/iman autho/ilty faom »hom I juAt gave you an e>cce/ipt, fl/i. 

 lia/i»lnAkl talkA once mo/ie o£ an edllle thlAtle " »hoAe fault 

 Ia ülack and fal/ily la/ige »Ith a conAlAtency and A»eetneAA »hlch 

 makeA It a dellcacy and »hlch Ia Almlla/i to the £/iult o£ P/iunuA 

 Capollla and »hlch the natlveA call Capulln" . 



do you kno» the fault ofi Candon? Po you kno» the name Capulln? 

 Aa fa/i aA I am conce/ined I kno» »eil the type 0/ plumA »hlch 

 a/ie Aold unde/i the name Capulln lut I have not Aeen the fault 



