Show CULTURE IN MEXICO existence of highly C utilized people there revealed by antique pleasure garden that an unknown highly cultured people of whom neither elther ri history tradition nor legend has preserved any record flourished in ili or near the valley of Ill mexico exico and enjoyed spiced clio cho colato and aromatic bove beverages rages from transplanted tropical fruits grown by them in a marvelously built garden at oaxtepec ax epee from 1500 to 2000 years ago Is tile the latest theory of guillermo Gull lermo tel lez regarding the recently discovered garden garde of montezuma Mont czuma mr applied to the department of public instruction for a special permit to malta malie exploration 3 in the garden ile he states that concerning awen 1 ane ne successive caciques maciques caci ques on the land ft i th eh codices in possession of the national AIU museum SOUrn has led him to believe that the garden has great antiquity ha be has been devoting a large part of four years to studying the plants found there through the inscriptions he has been able to glean historical data concerning twenty one successive caciques maciques caci ques tropical trees flowers and fruits were transplanted from the isthmus of tehuantepec and central america to this thia garden and there were grown cocona cocoas vanila parota barota chiti mcca xochitl and another rare flower which gives off its odor in the night these plants ind and their friends were ingredients of the delicious chocolates which were the favorite beverages of tho the aztec lords when cortes arrived the garden was visited by and the second named being identical with montezuma it is claimed aimed that montezuma appropriated this beautiful garden to his personal royal uses and pleasure mexican herald |