402 Report on the progress of the Horticultural S ociety, 



" Tierra fria offers but little at the present moment, I have there- 

 " fore resolved to leave this to-morrow for the Rincon and Chinantla, 

 " about 60 leagues from Oaxaca on the east coast, in search of 

 " Orchidacece and medicinal plants. Of Epiphytes I expect to find 

 " many new ones, as Mr. Parker's collector did not penetrate so 

 " far, he only having collected those about the mining district, some 

 " of which I found in the Mountains of Irapeo near Morelia." 



No. 30.— Hacienda del Carmen, May \$th, 1839.—" Your letter 

 " of the 14th of February last reached me here on my return on the 

 " 15th instant from a long and interesting excursion which I made 

 " across the whole Cordillera, and even to the low lands in the state 

 " of Vera Cruz, a distance of one hundred leagues from Oaxaca. 

 " My exertions, as may be supposed, have been well paid in that 

 " splendid country of constant verdure. How different from the 

 " arid plains and mountains in the North ! Among the seeds I 

 " collected, there are three species of Gaultheria, two of Vibur- 

 " num, and a most splendid new Fuchsia. Among the Orchidacea?, 

 " which were the chief object of this excursion, I think I 

 " found again the Arpophyilum spicatum, sent from Morelia 

 " and of which some more are expected ; it bears a dark purple 

 " flower. The Epiphytes, which amount to more than 60 species, 

 " are partly packed up, and will be despatched as soon as some 

 " others, which I have left on the road, have arrived. From 

 " Mr. Skinner, of Guatemala, I have not yet received an answer, 

 " I intend, therefore, to make a similar excursion to the South 

 " coast until it arrives, or till I receive my luggage from Mexico, 

 w which is detained in Puebla for want of conveyance. The mozo 

 " I left in the Hospital in Oaxaca made his escape after having 

 " partly recovered, in consequence of his having been nearly 

 " starved there ; he is now engaged by another person to return 

 " to Zacatecas, which saved me a certain sum of dollars for sending 

 " him back, which, according to the laws of the country, I should 

 " have been obliged to do." 



