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Y ]o transcribe ^ V. en cumplimiento del acuerdo inserto, protestandole 
d la yez mi aprecio y distinguida consideracion. 
Dios y libertad. Sala capitular de Campeche y Agosto 7 de 1S33. 
MANUEL ORTIZ 
ESTEVAN VALAY DE GONZALES, Secrctario. 
Seiior Doctor Consul de los Estados Unidos de America, 
Don Henriqfe Perrine. 
Extract of a postscript to a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
dated 
Campeachy, September 12, 1833. 
As the annunciation of the subscriber that the improved climate of the 
torrid zone extends north of the tropic of Cancer into southern Florida is 
there already demonstrated by the growth of the banana plant and the 
cocoa-palm, (the two greatest blessings of God to man,) he annexes a list 
01 some valuable vegetables of the tropics which he has been forwardino- 
for Cape Florida, through all the impediments of the choleras at Havana, 
JN ew Orleans, and Campeachy. 
Nictritiveroots: Jatropha manihot, two varieties ; Marantha indica and 
alloui, two species; Arum sagitifolium; Dioscorea alata, sativa and bulbi- 
lera, three species; Alstreemeria ediilis and latifolia,two species; phaseolus 
tuberosus, two or three vaneties.—Edible fruits: Persea gratisima : Man- 
gitera domestica; Anacardium occydentale; Anona squamosa and Muri- 
cata; Chrysophyllum caimito and oliviforme ; Lucuma bomplandia • Mam- 
mea Americana; Tamarindus occidentalis•'Melicocca biiuga ; Moringa 
pterigosperma; Malpighia momei]a.~Colo?'ing- materials: Bixa orellana • 
Curcuma Americana; Cactus cochinillifer.—.* Morino-a pterigo’ 
sperma ; Alfonsia oleifera ; Jatropha oximas.—Cortical fibres: Hibiscus 
tiliaceus; corhorus siYiqposxis.—Capsular fibres: Gossypium,two species 
kidney and nankin cotton.— Odors: Vanilla aromatica ; Hibiscus abelmo- 
schus.—Foliaceous fibres: Agave Sisalana; two varieties of Henequen • 
Furcroea fehda, or B. Brink : Agave Americana, ormaguey de 
pulque; Coflea arabica ; Theobroma cacao.—Naval timber trees: Vis- 
cidia erythrina ; Cedrela odorata.—Awofe^; Tobacco, various varieties 
or Its native country. 
H. P. 
[From the New York Farmer.] 
Consulate U. S. A., Campeachy, 
February 1, 1834. 
To the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury of the U. S., TVashington : 
Sir : The subscriber now presents a brief recapitulation of some facts 
and arguments in favor of the immediate domestication of tropical plants 
ill the United States. He wishes thus to show, not merely that the culti¬ 
vation of tropical staples is practicable in our territory, but also 'that it is 
absolutely necessary for home consumption ; is positively profilable for 
the foreign market; and is highly desirable, in other respects, to promote 
the peace and prosperity of the Union. 
