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* Griffith & Turner - Seedsmen - seem to think they were marked in a stamping machine. I hardly think this is true.

spoke about the Chinese letters, I thought that perhaps the Chinese
had really cut their designs on them, but when he said they were
also on those of his own raising, I knew that <s>their</s> some other
cause would have to explain the markings.  The boy now came
with the bag, and sure enough on both sides of all the seeds were various
marks (no two apparently alike, however),  ([sketch of front and back of seed], Design on each side of one of the seeds.).  Some of
the marks were quite deeply cut, and looked
very much as if done with a knife, but most of them were not
so deep and looked as if they might possibly be done by nature.
However, if all what he said is true, it is all very remarkable.
He seemed to think they were Chinese letters, for he said, "I don't
know what they mean but I've seen them on packages of tea".
He gave me a few of the seeds and I shall experiment with
them.  During our conversation a <s>studio</s> photographer agent from L. came, with
several fine photographs and solicited their orders.  We soon after left
and walked down to the railroad tracks.  Not far off was the
H. ciliaris spot Mr. W. had visited several weeks before.  We went
to this spot, but saw no remains of the plants. We now went back
to the station by way of the tracks, stopping at the spring on the south
side of the tracks to  drink some of its excellent water.  Not far off

        