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trunks, and should think they were sixty feet 

 in circumference ; — they are of great height, 

 and from their thick foliage descend great 

 quantities of that remarkable lichen, several 

 yards long, called Barba d'Espana, or Spanish 

 beard. 



About two miles farther, near Tacubaya, 

 is the house and garden of the Archbishop of 

 Mexico ; the latter well deserving the atten- 

 tion of the botanist, exhibits at the same time a 

 fine specimen of a Spanish garden, decorated 

 with its profusion of flagged walks, fountains, 

 canals, close-shaded ways, and innumerable 

 large and elegant flower-pots, placed on steps 

 in every direction. 



