Report on the progress of the Horticultural Society, 



" gottogether ; Mr. Deschamps is stated to have collected them in 

 " the neighbourhood of Tlalpujahua, but this I must contradict, for 

 " I spent several days at that place in search of Cacti, and did not 

 " succeed in finding even a single plant. 



" Another excursion I made to the Puente de Dios or Cueva de 

 " Dantoe, which is often mentioned in Kunth, I found some very 

 " pretty things, amongst others a new Spiraea, Lindleya mespiloides, 

 " and an officinal plant called ' Yerba de San Pedro/ probably a 

 " new species of Bouvardia." 



No. 26.— Heal del Monte, January 20th, 1839.—" During the 

 " last month I again found some very interesting plants, as for 

 " example a splendid Caprifolium, a species ofMahonia, a Daphne, a 

 " fifth species of Garrya (but no flowers or seeds,) a Lonicera, 

 " a Fuchsia; and then on an excursion to Tierra Caliente, some 25 

 " leagues from here, I collected about 24 species of Epiphytes, but 

 " there are only 3 or 4 new ones among them, a few seeds of the 

 " true Convolvulus Jalapa, a shrubby Lopezia, a yellow flowering 

 " Cobaea, two varieties (? sp.) of Pinus occidentalis, and a few 

 " Cacti." 



No. 27.— Mexico, February 22nd, 1839.—" On the 24th ultimo 

 " I received the new instructions of the 15th of November last, 

 " they having been detained by some unaccountable error two 

 "post days at Vera Cruz; the copy also I duly received from 

 " Messrs. Byrns and Co. on my arrival here on the 20th instant. 

 " As yet I am unable to see Mr. Ashburnham about my new 

 " mission to Guatemala, owing to his time being occupied in 

 " despatching the mail, but Mr. Parkinson Her Majesty's Consul, 

 " and Messrs. Byrns are of opinion that I should proceed to Oajaca, 

 •* and wait there an opportunity of going by sea from Acapulco or 

 " Tehuantepec, between which Oajaca is situated at equal distances 

 " from either port. The country is now in a most deplorable state ; 

 " before leaving Real del Monte I had a very narrow escape of falling 

 " into the hands of some fifty robbers, who entered and sacked the 



