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Jan. 7. Of Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., sor- 
ghum seed and oats, and at various other times during the year pack- 
ages of seed wheat and rye. 
Jan. 22. Of Hiram Sibley & Co., seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y., a 
fine assortment of field and garden seeds; also Mar. 21, ten varieties 
of seed oats ; also Sept. 3, seven varieties of seed wheat. 
Jan, 26. Of Dr. H. Lassing, New York, ‘‘mochu gornu,” or 
“‘male rice,” from Japan. | 
Jan. 2%. Of J. M. Thorburn & Co., seedsmen, New York, N.Y., 
a fine collection of seed, together with the privilege of ordering seeds 
free of cost selected from their large stock ; also April 8, a tuber of 
the ‘* Thorburn” potato ; also May 4, one hundred and thirty pack- 
ets of flower seeds, etc. . 
Jan. 27. Of Peter Henderson & Co., seedsmen, New York, a col- 
lection of seeds. 
Jan. 27. Of D. Landreth & Sons, Seedsmen, Philadelphia, Pa., 
a collection of seeds ; also May 8, tubers of the wild potato. 
Feb. 17. Of Prof. L. B. Arnold, Rochester, N. Y., grape seeds 
from single seeded grapes from bunches nearly seedless. 
Feb. 23. Of Jos. Breck & Son; Seedsmen, Boston, the free filling 
of an order for seed. 
Mar. 16. Of J. G. Swan, Port Townsend, W. T., a collection of 
seeds. 
Mar. 16. Of W. B. Jones & Co. Seedsmen, Herndon, Ga., a 
fine assortment of Cow pea seed. 
Mar. 16. Of J. A. Everitt, Seedsmen, Watsontown, Pa., packets 
of garden seeds. 
Mar. 18. Of Dr. Edward Palmer, Smithsonian Institution, Wash- 
ington, D. C., samples of the corn grown by the Cocopa Indians. 
Mar. 19. Of A. H. Moss, Wellsburg, N. Y., samples of hybridized 
tobacco seed. 
Mar. 19. Of W. L. Herschey, Landisville, Pa., one stone fork. 
Mar. 21. Of Barak Wright, Highlands, N. C., one packet of 
apple seed. 
Mar. 25. Of Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux & Cie, Seedsmen, Paris, 
France, two hundred and forty six varieties of vegetable seeds ; also 
in October, forty nine varieties of commercial wheats, with the 
privilege of selection from their hundreds of samples collected from 
all quarters of the globe. 
Mar. 31. Of American Glucose Company, Buffalo, N. Y., twelve 
barrels of sugar meal or wet feed. 
Mar. 31. Of John O’Donnell, Jamaica, N. Y., four barrels of 
Acme fertilizer. 
Apr. 13. Of Prof. W. R. Lazenby, Director of the Ohio Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station, Columbus, their 3rd Annual Report ; 
also May 1, three varieties of Strawberry plants for experimental 
use. 
Apr. 13. Of F. H. Horsford, Seed grower, Charlotte, Vt., one 
packet Horsford’s Market Garden Pea; also Aug. 22, two packets 
of seed wheat. 
Apr. 14. Of Howecroft and Watkins, Seedsmen, London, Eng., 
thirty-two large packets of vegetable seeds. 
