Show EARLY CULTURE IN MEXICO f I 1 I 1 I 1 existence of high highly ly chiv civilized borlo people there revealed by antique pleasure garden that an unknown highly cultured people of whom neither history tradition nor legend has preserved any record flourished in or near the valley of mexico and enjoyed spiced chocolate and aromatic beverages from transplanted tropical fruits grown by them in a veYo asly built garden at oaxtepec from 1600 to 2000 years yeara ago Is tho the latest theory of guillermo tel lez regarding the recently discovered garden of montezuma mr applied to the department of public instruction for a special pal permit to make explorations in the garden lie ho states that concerning awen tyone ty one successive caciques maciques caci ques on the land with codices in possession of the national museum has led him to believe that the garden has great antiquity he has been devoting a large part of four years to studying the plants found there through the inscriptions ike he has been able to glean historical data concerning twenty one successive caciques maciques caci ques tropical trees flowers and fruits were vere transplanted from the isthmus of tehuantepec and central america to this garden and there were grown coroas hantla parota barota chiti and another rare flower flo Nr which gives off its odor ln the night these plants and their friends were ingredients of the delicious chocolates which were the favorite beverages of the aztec lords when cortes arrived the garden was vas visited by and the second named being identical with montezuma it Is claimed that montezuma appropriated this beautiful garden to his bis personal royal use uses s and pleasure mexican herald |