
March 5 From the Ne ew York Tribune eceDrAioW one “copy of. 
ae ew York Daily Tribune and one copy of New York Weekly Tribune, . 
Ms during the year. 
March 5. From 4. 8. Carman of the Rural New Yorker, New York 
city, seven packets of various seeds. 

March 8. From Frank M. Etting, Concordville, Pa., one packet: of vy . 
Red Mediterranean wheat. 
_ March 9. From E. 8S. Carman of the Rural New Yorker, New ~ rong 
York city, samples of black bearded wheat. 
“March 9. From W. A. Armstrong, Elmira, N. Y., a package of 
Mexican tree beans, 
oa March 10. From Prof. W. R. Lazenby, Ohio Agricultural Experi- 
' ~~. ment Station, Columbus, O., ears of corn purposely “hybridized. a 
yd Murch 16. From Prof. Peter Collier, Washington, D. C., thirty-six 
varieties of sorghum seed from China, India and Africa. 
‘March 24. From D. Morris, director, Annual Report of the Public 
_ Gardens and Plantations of J amaica, for 1882. 
March 30. From Hiram Sibley & Co., seedsmen, Rochester, seed 
‘potatoes. . 7 
|, _April4. From Lyman Wall, Webster, N. Y., samples of Wall’s 
_ Orange potato. 
April 5. From F. H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vt., samples of hybrid 
- wheat. 
_ April 5. From Hon. T. 8. Gold, West Cornwall, Ct., seed corn in 
_ several varieties. | 
>. April 6. From William Saunders, Washington, D. C., two ears of 
"corn supposed to have been grown from seed taken from Indian mound 
ag a ‘on San Francisco river, Arkansas. 
iY April 9. From 8. M. Wells, Wethersfield, Ct., several varieties of 
- os seed. 





























_ potato from Arizona. 
~~ April 12. From Prof. H. E. Alvord, Mountainville, N. Y., one 
~~ copy Houghton Farm Experiment Depar tment ; - Agricultural Physics, 
o, 91882. 
April 14. From D.S. Marvin, Watertown, N. Y., one Centennial 
grape vine. 
Ne April 21. From W. R. Guilfoyle, Melbourne, Australia, one copy 
each of Annual Report of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 1875, 1877, 
Pe 1882. 
E _ April 23. From T, D. Plumb, Madison, Wis., sample of clover seed. 
a ’ April 28., From G. H. & J. H. Hale, So. Glastonbury, Ct., one plant 
Be of Mrs. Garfield strawberry. 
April 25. From D. M. Ferry & Co., seedsmen, Detroit, Mich. , pack- 
B. ages of pea and been seed. 
4 ie April 30. From M. F. Pierson, Seneca Castle, N. Y., five varieties 
of ‘potatoes. 
packet each of eight varieties of potato and two varieties of peas. 
fi May 3. From J. C. Vaughan, seedsman, Chicago, Ill., some ears of 
es ‘Red River corn. 
eo _ Aprilii. From J. G. Lemmon, Oakland, Cal., tubers of the wild) ae 
April 30. From B. K. Bliss & Sons, seedsmen, New York city, one 
ee 5. From H. Sazé, Tokio, Japan, thy varieties of the Soja bean. oo 
