242 



Tlants yid ding fibre and oil. 

 Oamelina Sativa 1 Cotton 



Seeds, &fr.., not enumerated above. 



Onions 12 Squasli and pumpkins 20 



Leeks 8 Sweet potatoes 3 



Cauliflower 6 Tobacco 1 



Kale and sprouts 9 Osage orange 1 



Spinach and cress 4 Seeds from Vienna 27 



Tomatoes 5 Sunflower 2 



Egg plants 3 Seeds from China 36 



Watermelons 12 Cabbage 21 



Cantaloupe melons 19 Lettuce 15 



Cucumbers 5 Mustard 1 



With very few exceptions the seeds received have been good, and have germi- 

 nated well. Upwards of eighty varieties of wheat were sown in autumn, and 

 most of them have well endured the vicissitudes of winter and spring. At this 

 time the most of the varieties look remarkably well. Among the most promi- 

 nent is Hallett's Pedigree wheat, a smooth-eared variety, long in the ear, very 

 luxuriant, and seems to be very productive. 



Blue cone, or Rivett's wheat, is another very fine wheat, long and healthy in 

 the ear, well-strawed, and promises well. 



There is a white smooth wheat from Port Mahon which has done remarkably 

 well, being a fine, close, thick crop, very fair-sized ears, and has covered the 

 ground much better than the red-bearded Mediterranean wheat sown at the same 

 time, viz : the 29th October, 1S65. 



The best and earliest of the spring wheats sown is called Black Sea wheat, 

 the seed of which came from California. It is a bearded wheat, and promises 

 to yield well, being sown on the 12th of March, 1866, and came into ear on the 

 28tli May — in eighty-one days. 



There is a red Chili wheat sown on the same date, which was only about 

 three days later in coming into ear, and promises very well. The bearded win- 

 ter wheats generally have done remarkably well. 



Some of the varieties of rye are especially worthy of attention, having very 

 long ears and tall straw. 



The oats and barley are scarcely far enough advanced to speak of with cer- 

 tainty, although the greater portion of them promise to be very heavy and 

 productive. 



Of peas there are some new varieties which have come into maturity almost 

 simultaneously. Dickson's First and Best Early peas. Carter's First Crop peas> 

 Wheeler's First Early peas, all bloomed about the 10th of May, and were ready 

 for picking on the 28th of May; Sangster's No. 1 was only about two days 

 behind, and is very productive. Of the four varieties, Dickson's First and Best 



as the earliest and most productive, having large well-filled pods, and being 



