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Tomato Seeds — Another Method. — With 
reference to our note on preserving Tomato Seeds, given 
last month, on page 353, Messrs. Johnston & Co., Bladen 
Co., N. C., write that they send: “ Mrs. Kate A. Cromar- 
tie’s method—Take a piece of thin cotton cloth, snch as 
can be handled conveniently, take the seed from the to¬ 
matoes, and put on the cloth; then gather up the corners 
and edges, holding them together tight with one hand. 
Put the cloth in a vessel of water, and with the other 
hand, squeeze the bag until the pulp is worked through 
this cloth, which is easily done. Open the cloth and 
spread out the seed, and hang up to dry. After drying, 
scrape off the seeds, and put into packages as may be de¬ 
sired. Or, which is belter, roll up the cloth, after being 
thoroughly dried, and hang in a dry place, and let it so 
remain until planting time, when the seeds may be taken 
off as needed. Mark the kind of seed on each cloth.”— 
We know from experience that this is an excellent 
method for preserving seeds for family use, but where a 
large quantity, pounds, for example, of tomato seeds are 
to be prepared, there is no method so thorough and prac¬ 
ticable for getting rid of the slimy mucilage, as that by 
fermenting, as described last month. 
The Plants of New Jersey.— When the Geo¬ 
logical Survey of New Jersey presents its catalogue of 
the plants of that State, it will no doubt be a complete 
one. Prof. Geo. H. Cook, State Geologist, has had pre¬ 
pared a “ Preliminary Catalogue,” by N. L. Britton, Ph. 
D. This contains all the plants (including cryptogamia) 
that have been accredited to the State, and is published 
with the alternate blank leaves to allow of additions. 
This volume is sent to all the working botanists of the 
State, with the request that they make additions which 
will be incorporated in the final work. 
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