Show EARLY CUU MEAh IN MEXICO existence of highly civilized borle 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 thorn them in a marvelously built garden at oaxtepec from 1600 1500 to 2000 years ago Is the latest theory of guillermo Gull lermo regarding the recently discovered garden of montezuma mr applied to tho department of public instruction for a special permit to make explorations in the garden he states that concerning awen tyone ty one successive maciques caciques 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 stud studying ving 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 transplant eil fam tram the isthmus of 0 tehuantepec and central america to this garden and there were grown cocoas coccas vatilla parota barota obid and another rare flower which gives off its odor in 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 visited by and the second named being identical with montezuma it Is claimed that montezuma appropriated this beautiful garden to his personal royal uses and pleasure mexican herald |