REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF BOTANY. xlvii 



Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, Director of New York Experiment Station, Geneva^ 

 New Yorh : 



160 varieties or races of beans. 

 W. E. West, Lansing, Mich.: 



9 lots of wheat in the head from Bath, Mich. 

 Gleason Wood Ornament Co., Gratid Rapids, Mich.: 



19 blocks of wood pressed to imitate carving. 



3 images made of pi'essed sawdust. 

 B. W. Steer e, Adrian, Mich.: 



One ear of red and yellow corn. 

 W. H. LeRoy, Rochester, Mich.: 



Two ears of white corn. 

 J. 0. Beal, Rollin, Mich.: 



Limb of a plum tree with the black knot. 

 Department of Agriculture, Washiiigton, D. C, Hon. N. J. Colman, Commis- 

 sioner : 



28 species of grass seeds collected on the prairies of the West. 

 J. C. Vaughan, Seedsman, 42 LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois: 



23 varieties of corn in the ear, 



6 specimens Pampas plumes, 



7 varieties of oats, 



3 varieties of wheat, 



1 varietv of buckwheat, 



3 varieties of barley, 



1 variety of pea. 

 W. A. Taylor, Douglas, Mich.: 



A very large section of sumach. 

 Kizo Tamari, Tohio, Japan : 



3 Japanese persimmons. 

 M. Q. Anthony, Bay City, Mich. : 



Two cakes of unleavened bread. 

 Chas. N. Eley, Smith's Point, Texas : 



Three species of roots of grass. 

 Frank Kellogg, Muskegon, Mich.: 



Fasciation in mullein. 



One double grape. 

 P. G. Holden, Oviatt, Mich.: 



One cob split with corn inside. 

 President E. Willits : 



Old potatoes with young ones inside. 



MISCELLANEOUS WORK. 



I attended three or four farmers' institutes and declined to attend many- 

 others. During the summer vacation, I attended the Society for the Promotion 

 of Agricultural Science, held in Buffalo, New York, and read a paper. In the 

 same place, I read papers at meetings of the A. A. A. S. and the botanical 

 club. 



During the winter vacation I did considerable work in completing the first 

 volume (now nearly printed) of my work on North American grasses. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. J. BEAL, 



Agricultural College, [ Professor of Botany and Forestry. 



September 30, 1886. \ J J 3 j 



