100 DEPAKTMENTAL KEPOKTS. 



Miscellaneoiis vegetable seed packets. . 37, 299, 816 



MiscellaueoiTs flower seed do 1,368,000 



Tobacco seed do 100.000 



Cotton seed _ 1-peck packages- _ 10, 000 



Sugar-beet seed 2-pound packages. . 6, 500 



Sorghiim seed 2-quart packages. . 9, 127 



Alfalfa seed . 2-qxTart packages. _ 1 , 300 



Alsike clover seed 1-quart packages. . 7, 062 



Crimson clover seed 2-quart packages. _ 9, 750 



Velvet bean seed 2-quart packages.. 4,312 



Kafir corn seed 2-qiiart packages. . 3, 625 



Brome grass seed 2-quart packages.. 1,500 



Lawn grass seed +-pound packages. . 20, 000 



Miscellaneous seed, estimated packets. . 50, 000 



Total packets and packages 38, 890, 992 



The details of the work connected with the distribution of small trees, 

 grapevines, strawberries, and other miscellaneous plants have already 

 been given under the report of the work of the ofi&ce of the Horticulturist. 



The securing of all miscellaneous vegetable and flower seeds and 

 the packeting and mailing of the same for the Congressional seed dis- 

 tribution were provided for in a contract with the Henry Philipps Seed 

 and Implement Company, of Toledo, Ohio. The contract provided 

 that all seeds should be packeted, tlien put up or assembled in pack- 

 ages of five packets each, and mailed under the direction of the 

 Department. Besides this contract arrangements were made for the 

 handling of cotton seed, tobacco seed, lawn grass seed, sugar-beet 

 seed, sorghum seed, forage-crop seed, bulbs, trees, grapevines, and 

 plants b}^ the various officers of the Bureau. In the case of all these 

 special seeds efforts were made to secure varieties of promise and to 

 place them in localities w^here thej^ would improve the agricultural 

 conditions i^revailing therein. There Avas appropriated for this work 

 the sum of 1270,000, which was expended as shown in the following 

 summai-ized statement: 



Vegetable and flower seed contract with the Henry Philipps Seed and 



Implement Company $180, Oil . 80 



Tobacco seed 1, 495. 65 



Cottonseed 2,086.50 



Sugar-beet seed 1, 162. 06 



Sorghum seed 669. 58 



Alfalfa seed 437.00 



Alsike clover seed .. 1, 834. 00 



Crimson clover seed 1, 677. 70 



Velvet bean seed . 370. 00 



Kafir corn seed 352.20 



Brome grass seed 177. 50 



Lawn grass seed 1, 050. 00 



Bulbs 2,772.82 



Trees 1,100.00 



Strawberry plants 269. 00 



Grapevines 434. 50 



Seeds for miscellaneous special orders 1 , 000. 00 



Seeds for Alaska 454.80 



Seeds for cooperative work carried on by the Agrostologist 442. 50 



Miscellaneous seeds 715. 38 



Total for seeds and plants 198, 512. 99 



Labor in Washington 41 , 323. 66 



Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, less salaries in Washington ... 12, 270. 54 



Miscellaneous expenses 13, 588. 23 



Balance unexpended to date 4, 304. 58 



Total...- 270,000.00 



