1892 from the state of peonage they occupied eo long and the position they 
Tacubaya now occupy of ignorant, hopeless servitude, 
(Mexico) 
In a recent report of Senor M, Romero, Secretary of the Treasury, 
he states that, owing to the cheapness of labor and other causes, 
Mexico cannot expect to draw to itself foreign immigration such as 
goes to the tJ.S.A., but must educate its Indian population to become 
citizens of intelligence enough to build up the state. This is a fine 
conception but puts a herculean task before them. The efforts of the 
government, however, are directed toward popular education and every 
friend of the country must wish them success worthy of the enlightened 
desires of the rulers. 
Tlalpam The last of November I rented a couple of rooms at the town of 
(Mexico) 
Tlalpam, 9 miles south of the City of Mexico, at thefbot of the mount¬ 
ains of Ajuseo and moved out there to work that locality. 
The town is located at the border of an extensive lava bed known 
as the "pedregal”. It extends from the Volcano of Ajuseo down the 
mountain slope and out upon the plain or valley to the town of San 
Angel some 10 miles or so. Its surface is extremely rough and broken 
with deep pits and cracks hare and there, TSherever the surface has a 
little soil, various plants have sprung up among which the largest are* 
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ScMw»« molle and Opuntia sp.t Others are Prturns sallclfolla. Bupot- 
orlum petlolare, Stevia paniculate« S. salicifolia, Notholaena ferrugi- 
nea. Hook, (fern), Cheilanthes microphvlla (fern), Stevia subpubescene. 
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Stevia tamentosa. Loeselia glaudulosa. L. oocclnea. Verbesina salicifo- 
lia. PI.; ulora trinervia, Seneclo salignis. Bacoharis pteronioides, 
Asclepias linaria. Senecio preeox. Montanoa tonentosa. Briokellia 
cervantesii, B, veronieafolia, Salix bonplandiana , Alnus acuminata , 
Potmlui dM, P« anf>. 
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