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topped Scotch, Purple- topped Scotch, Skirving's Purple-topped 

 Scotch, Early Stone or Stubble Stone, Yellow Stone, Red-topped 

 Stone, White Dutch, and Yellow Dutch. 



It may be needless to state that the above-named request has 

 been complied with so far as the ofllce is concerned, and the 

 seeds distributed with an appropriate circular, to all parts of the 

 United States. 



There have also been imported from England, in addition to 

 the above, the following sorts, and extensively distributed, far 

 and wide : Rivers' Swede, Ashcrofi's Swede, Sutton's Green-tapped 

 Yellow Hybrid, Sutton's Purple-topped Yellow Hybrid, Sutton's 

 Cruicksfleld Hybrid, Sutton's Early Six-weeks, Border Imperial, 

 Orange Jelly, Yorkshire Paragon, Sutton's Imperial Green Globe, 

 and Lincolnshire Red Globe. 



Four varieties were likewise imported from France, viz : Navet 

 long des verlus, Navet de Freneuse, Navet turnip, and Rave 

 d'Auvergne. 



Radishes. — Two varieties of radish were imported from Eng- 

 land, the " Yellow Turnip " and the " Long Scarlet." From 

 France there were received the " Large Field Radish," (Raifort 

 champetre,) " Olive-shaped Radish," (Radis rose demi-long,) 

 " Short Scarlet Radish." (Radis rose demi-long ecarlate,) and the 

 "Winter Rose-colored Radish," (Radis rose d'hiver.) 



Beets. — Of these, there were imported from England, the " Lon- 

 don Red," and the " Bass^no," the latter a turnip-rooted variety, 

 ■which originated iu Italy, and is already known to American cul- 

 tivators. There was also introduced from France, the " Scaly 

 or Rough Red Beet," (Betterave rouge crapaudine,) and from 

 Germany, the " White Silesian Sugar Beet," the latter of which 

 is particularly valuable for feeding to milch cows. 



Of the Mangold Wurzel two sorts were imported, the "large 

 long yellow globe" from England, and the "laige long yellow" 

 (betterave jaune grosse) from France. The former is a tine vari- 

 ety which originated in England, growing mostly above the sur- 

 face of the ground, which renders it particularly fit for shallow 



