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At National Museum in Mex. Nov. 19/92 photographed Larva of a species of Cicada from Puebla with the remarkable arborescent fungus Sphaeria (Tomibia) sobolifera (Hill and Watson), growing up from 1 to 2½ or 3 in. from back of (upperside of) thorax


[[note]] Here* [[/note]]

The first week of Oct. 1892 when enroute between Acambaro & Patzcuaro, Michoacan, I was surprised & delighted with the excessive abundance of wild flowers which were out in excessive abundance & great beauty.

Great areas of hill slope & meadow land were shaded with the delicate colors & Mr. Pringle admitted that he had never before witnessed such a floral wealth even on an American prairie in spring. The most abundant species was a lovely flower of varying shades of pale pink & rose tints growing abundantly on tall gracefully swaying stems and forming exquisite masses of color. 

[[note]] ** En route [[/note]]
Road to Nahuatzin, Michoacan - Oct - 8 - 1892

Several small orchards of apples & pears occupied plots of ground in the midst of the village, but the trees were planted [[strikethrough]] so [[/strikethrough]] close together & left totally unformed so that the branches intermingled & reach up in tall slender [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] shoots after the sun & resembling a jungle growth more than cultivated plants. The luxuriant growth & abundance of inferior fruit the trees contained show how well such fruits would do here with proper cultivation.

In several yards at the outskirts of the village the Indians were busy threshing wheat with horses driven about over it on enclosed circular threshing floors,-