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September 16. Four dozen Crocus Bulbs, assorted ; forty-three Hya- 
cinth Bulbs, assorted, many named varieties; six ’ Narcissus Bulbs, 
assorted ; and fifty-six Tulip Bulbs, from Hiram Sibley & Co., seeds- 
men, Rochester, NorPNs: 
November 4. Fifty-seven economic and ornamental plants for the 
green-house, from Wm. Saunders, Superintendent of Garden, Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Washington. 
November 27. One dozen slips each of Whitesmith, Wellington’s 
Glory, Bang-up and Glendon Green gooseberries, from B. G. Smith, 
Esq., Cambridge, Mass. 
We have received seeds as follows: 
March 8. Fifteen varieties of Sorghum seed, from Peter Collier, 
Chemist of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
March 15. Six boxes of Sorghum, from Peter Collier, Chemist of the 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., said to have been 
grown in China for centuries wholly for forage and seed. 
May 31. Two samples of Sorghum seed from India, from Peter 
Collier, Chemist of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 
March i8. One bag Black Bearded Centennial Wheat, from E. 8. 
Carman, editor Rural New Yorker, 34 Park row, New York city, 
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March 31. Four packages Onion seed, from S. M. & D. Wells, 
Wethersfield, Conn. 
April 8. Six bags of flower seeds from Daniel Batchelor, seedsman, 
Utica, N. Y. 
April 17. Thirty-two papers of assorted flower seeds from J. M. 
Thorburn & Co., seedsmen, New York city, N. Y. 
July 1. One package Bermuda grass seed from J. M. Thorburn & 
Co., New York city, N. Y 
April 4. Samples of ear corn from D. M. Lug & Co., seedsmen, 
Detroit, Mich. 
April 18. Six varieties of potatoes for seed ; Doolittle’s Ontario, 
Extra Harly Peachblow, White Star, White Whipple, Extra Harly 
Gem, and Mammoth Pearl, one of the latter weighing thirty-five and 
one-fourth ounces, from M. F. Pierson, Seneca Castle, N. Y. 
~ April 20. One package Excelsior hulless oats; one of naked or 
hulless barley, and one Pride of the North corn, from M. F. Pierson, 
~ Seneca Castle, N. Y. 
October 3. One sample Zurphus wheat, from M. F. Pierson, Seneca 
Castle, N. Y. 
May 3. One package of seed corn, from IL. Dillenbeck, Stanley, 
asa 
May 10. One package of husk corn, sometimes known as Oregon 
corn, wild corn, Paraguay corn, etc., from Prof. W. J. Beal, Lansing, 
Mich. 
June 1. Two packages of Minnesota Dent corn, from Milton B. 
Jarvis, Canastota, N. Y. 
June 3, One package each of Early Dent, Blount’s Prolific, Im- 
proved King Philip, Chester County Mammoth, Sibley’s Pride of the 
