16 : [AssEMBLY, 
Jan. 31. From J. M. Thorburn & Co., seedsmen, N. Y., the 
privilege of selection from their stock of seeds, as desired, free of — 
cost. 
Feb. 18. From Hiram Sibley & Co., seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y., 
samples of ear corn and other seeds. 
Feb. 20. From George S. Lewis, Springfield, Mass., a collection 
of ear corn. 
March 1. From I. F. Tillinghast, seedsman, La Plume, Pa., sam- 
ples of cabbage seed of aay Sound growth. 
March 1. From D. Landreth & Sons, seedsmen, Philadelphia, 
Pa., fifty packets of various vegetable seeds. 
March 1. From Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux & Cie, Paris, France, 
489 large packets of as many varieties of seeds, and the privilege of 
free selection from their catalogued stock. 
March 1. From Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux & Cie, Paris, France, 
one copy of Album de Cliches. 
March 4. From D. M. Ferry & Co., seedsmen, Detroit, Mich., a 
fine collection of ear corn. 
March 5. From J. J. H. Gregory, seedsman, Marblehead, Mass., 
a collection of ear corn. 
March 7. From the Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C., copy of Report of Department of Agriculture for 1883. 
March 10. From Mrs. H. M. Lewis, secretary, Transactions of the 
Wisconsin Horticultural Society for 1883. : 
March 14. From J. C. Vaughan, seedsman, Chicago, IIl., a fine 
collection of ear corn. . ; 
March 24. From Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux & Cie, Paris, France, 
one copy of Bon Jardinier, 1884. 
March 26. From R. Nott, Charlotte, Vt., one new seedling potato. 
March 27. From J. Gallup, Ledyard, Ct., samples of ear corn and 
oats. 
April5. From Hon. E. G. Lapham, U. S. §., five packets of 
tobacco seed. 
April 6. From F. H. Cushing, Zuni, six samples of the corn grown 
by the Zuni Indians, and six samples of beans. 
April 14. From C. W. Garfield, secretary, Report of Michigan 
Horticultural Society for 1883. 
April 15. From D. Batchelor, Utica, N. Y., a package of Festuca 
durvuscula seed. : 
April 31. From Hon. J. W. Wadsworth, M. C., Vol. II, U.S. 
Census, 1880. | 
April 31. From O. H. Alexander, Charlotte, Vt., a number of 
packets of seed of new vegetables of his origination. 
April 23. From Peter Holloway; Monclover, O., some living 
specimens of wild plants. , , 
April 25. From B. K. Bliss & Sons, seedsmen, New York, N. Y., 
nine varieties of peas for trial. ney 
April 26. From ). Landreth & Sons, seedsmen, Philadelphia, 
Pa., four samples of maize from Africa. 
