DONATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1862, TO JUNE 30, 1863.
| Date | Articles donated | From whom | Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1862, | |||
| Sept. 5 | Cuepern grapes for chemical analysis | C. J. Ullman | Washington city, D.C. |
| 29 | Currant seed, (four varieties) | Gov. Jas. D. Doty, Utal T'y. | Great Salt Lake City |
| Oct. 10 | California barley and Java spring wheat | S. Dillingham | West Falmouth, Mass. |
| 13 | Hybrid sweet corn | M. C. Read | Hudson, Ohio |
| 25 | White winter wheat, (superior specimen) | Charles Esslinger | Manitowoc, Wis. |
| Mixed white wheat | |||
| Rio Grande wheat | |||
| 30 | Perennial cotton seed, (specimen) | Hon. Allen A. Burton, United States minister | Bogota, New Granada |
| Catawba wine for chemical analysis | G. Blochlinger | Dubuque, Iowa | |
| Currant wine for chemical analysis | |||
| Catawba grapes | |||
| Nov. 5 | Flower seeds | Mrs. George S. McKiernan | Louisville, Ky. |
| 5 | Mammoth specimens of onions and potatos | Hon. H. P. Bennett | Denver, Colorado Ter. |
| 6 | Black, white, and red corn, new variety | ---------- | Dakota Territory |
| 6 | California wines, (several brands) | Perkins & Sterne | New York city |
| 7 | Beautiful specimen of Sea Island cotton | Com. S. B. Bissell, U.S.N. | Pisco, Peru |
| Beautiful specimen of Llama, Alpacca, and Vicuna wool | |||
| 10 | Specimen of white wheat | Hon. H. P. Bennett | Denver, Colorado Ter. |
| 13 | Cotton grown in Illinois | Wm. H. Osborne, president Illinois Central Railr'd Co. | Chicago, Ill. |
| 13 | Coolie Mandarin orange seeds | S. W. Williams | Washington, D.C. |
| 14 | Superior specimen of Pearl barley | Theodore Clark | Edinburg, Ohio |
| 22 | Sample black Swedish oats | Chas. A. Leas, United States consul | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 22 | Grape cuttings | J. W. Asbach | New Buda |
| 22 | Grape cuttings, several varieties | Augustus Pratt | North Middleboro, Mass. |
| 28 | Sample of cotton grown in Maryland | F. B. Green | Charles county, Md. |
| Dec. 1 | Curious and interesting specimens of printing, writing, tracing, and wrapping paper; also thread, cloth, &c., manufactured from the maize plant | Dr. Alois R. Auer | Welsbach, Austria |
| 4 | Sequoia, or Wellingtonia gigantea seeds | Silliman & Dana | New Haven, Conn. |
| 5 | Delaware grape cuttings | G. Hartshorne | Rahway, N.J. |
| 5 | Grape cuttings, several choice varieties | Jacob R. Shotwell | |
| 6 | Janney corn, new variety | S.L. Pancoast | Camden county, N. J. |
| 9 | White corn, superior sample | ||
| 18 | Poppy seed | A.A. Moss | Philadelphia, PA |
| 20 | China tea wheat, (spring variety) | S. W. Arnold | Cortland, IL |
| 22 | Nova Scotia corn | C.H. Pitman | North Barnstead, N. H. |
| New York peas | |||
| Rape seed, (winter and spring varieties) | Ferdinand Stoesser | Sheboygan, Wis. | |
| Specimen of Sea Island cotton | E. P. Walker | Hayti, West Indies | |
| 23 | Currant roots | Governor Doty | Utah Territory |
| 24 | Grape cuttings | F. R. Elliott | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Crystal White blackberry, (specimen) | |||
| Grape cuttings, fine assortment of foreign and native varieties | Wm. Fowler | Baltimore, Md. | |
| Grape cuttings | Jacob R. Garber | Columbia, Pa. | |
| 26 | Corn, superior new variety | D. N, Smith | Coldenham, N. Y. |
| 1863, | |||
| Jan. 2 | Grape cuttings, superior assortment of foreign and native varieties | C. Campbell, gardener for T. Winans, esq. | Baltimore. Md. |
| 5 | Grape cuttings | J. K. Whildin | Wilmington, Del. |
| 5 | Sugar made from the imphee plant | Jonathan H. Smith | Quincy, IL |
| 10 | Grape cuttings | Henry E. Rogers | South Manchester, Ct. |
| 10 | Hybrid grape cuttings | George W. Campbell | Delaware, Ohio |
| 12 | Grape cuttings, (Bates seedling) | W. R. Chapman | Mount Holly, N. J. |
| 15 | Samples of sorghum sirup, imphee and beet sugar | Wm. H. Belcher | Chicago, IL |
| 20 | Japan peas | Daniel Fraser | Mount Lebanon, N.Y. |
| 24 | Specimen of beet sugar | W.H. Osborne, president, &c. | Chicago, IL |
| 26 | Grape cuttings | Dr. H. Schroeder | Bloomington, IL |
| 28 | Currant cuttings | M. C. Read | Hudson, N. Y. |
| Feb. 6 | Upland rice | Hon. R. H. Pruyn, United States minister | Yeddo, Japan |
| Grape cuttings | |||
| Grape cuttings | Thomas Hogg, esq. United States marshal | Kanegawa, Japan | |
| 9 | Grape cuttings, Hugh's variety | James A. Nelson | Mercer, Pa. |
| 13 | Grape cuttings | John Read | Huntingdon, Pa. |
| 13 | Seeds of the perfected tree tomato | ||
| 14 | Maxatawney grape buds from the plant | J.E. Mitchell | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Flickwer's seedling grape cuttings | |||
| Creveling grape cuttings | |||
| 25 | Grape cuttings | J.H. Sullivan | Bell Air, Ohio |
| Mar. 1 | Specimen of native cotton | R. J. Treffrey | Honda, New Granada |
| Variety of fine garden seeds | Charles Ketchum | Penn Yen, N. Y. | |
| Specimen of cotton grown in Pennsylvania | John Oliphant | Fayette county, Pa. | |
| 4 | Tuscarora corn | E. B. Bartlett | Vermillion, N. Y. |
| 5 | Red sorghum seed | C. A. Francke | Clinton county, Iowa |
| German sugar pea | |||
| Black sorghum seed | |||
| Specimens of indigo, cotton, wheat, corn, and beans | A. Ainsa | Hermosillo, Mexico | |
| 8 | Specimens of cotton grown in Iowa | Hugo Beyer | New London, Iowa |
| Specimens of cigars made of Iowa tobacco | |||
| Superior assortment of garden seeds, (10 varieties.) | |||
| 10 | Interesting specimens of fossil shells | T. McK. Wilson | Washington city, D. C. |
| Cotton grown in Maryland | John Underhill | Howard county, Md. | |
| 12 | Variety of garden seeds | Julius Hillscher | Cordova, Minn. |
| Sample of poppy seed | |||
| 14 | Superior Hubbard squash seed | Joel W. Smith, secretary, &c. | Charles City, Iowa |
| Fine assortment of superior vegetable seeds | Society of Shakers | New Lebanon,, N. Y. | |
| 20 | Native grape cuttings | J. M. Matson, secretary | Melbourne, Australia |
| 23 | Tobacco seed | C. Hoffman | Fremont City, Iowa |
| Chicory seed | |||
| Grape cuttings | Wm. Morris Cooper | Moorestown, N. J. | |
| Grape cuttings | S. H. Kridlebaugh, M. D. | Clarinda, Iowa | |
| Dwarf broom-corn seed | |||
| 26 | Specimen of cotton grown in Ohio | Mrs. M. A. Newburg | Clinton county, Ohio |
| 27 | Grape cuttings | George W. Martin | Madisonville, Ohio |
| 30 | Ornamental tree seeds | W.C. Hampton | Mount Victory, Ohio |
| 31 | Currant cuttings | Daniel Graves | Provost, Utah Ter. |
| Samples of superior pole beans and sugar-corn | John P. Youlen | West Rupert, Vt. | |
| Vanilla grape cuttings | Mrs. T.R. Ingram | Philadelphia, Pa. | |
| Apr. 4 | Models of machinery for irrigating purposes | C.G. Grabo | Detroit, Mich. |
| Samples of Siberian wheat and Canada corn | C.H. Pitman | North Barnstead, NH | |
| Samples of Hubbard squash and California mustard seed | |||
| Superior vegetable seeds | C.G. Grabo | Detroit, Mich. | |
| Flower seeds | J. Fill | Bladensburg, Md. | |
| 5 | Darlo grape seed | J. Augustus Johnson, United States consul | Beirut, Asia |
| 8 | Grape cuttings | John G.M. Thalb | Pomona, Va. |
| 10 | Pearl pop-corn | E.S. Phelps | Wyanet, IL |
| 13 | Copper Mine grape vine | R.O. Thompson | Syracuse, Nebraska Ter. |
| Grape cuttings | |||
| Currant cuttings | |||
| Flower seeds | |||
| 17 | Grape cuttings | Benjamin Hill | East Line, N. Y. |
| 17 | Russell’s prolific strawberry plants | ||
| 18 | Specimen cottonized flax | Brothers Oürhiver | Hirschburg, Bohemia |
| 25 | Specimen swamp flax | Rev. Chas. A. Kempffer | Beaver Spring, Pa. |
| May 5 | Monastery pink seed | Francis Shoemaker | Cordova, Minn. |
| Siberian larkspur | John G.B. Smith | Kingston, N. Y. | |
| Tahiti tree cotton seed | Mechanic’s Institute | San Francisco, CA | |
| 7 | Seeds of the lochosa, a species of the palm | O. H. Loehr, United States consul | Ciudad de Bolivar, Venezuela, South America |
| 13 | Sample of the coffee bean | H. E. Seymour | St. Alban’s, Vt. |
| 13 | Sample of the cottonized flax | C. C. Williams | Oswego, N. Y. |
| 22 | Genuine medicinal chamomile seeds | Adolph Meggenhofen | Bellasylva, Pa. |
| Red foxglove seed | |||
| Genista seed | |||
| 25 | Alfilaria, or pingrass seed | Alexander S. Taylor | Santa Barbara, Cal. |
| 28 | Interesting specimen of cottonized swamp flax | C. C. Williams | Oswego, N. Y. |
| 30 | Specimen seeds of watermelon and other delicious fruits grown in Nicaragua | Hon. Thos. H. Clay, United States minister | Leon, Nicaragua |
| June 6 | Specimens of native cotton | Jonathan Elliot, late United states consul | San Domingo |
| 30 | Valuable specimens of native seeds | Charles H. Loehr, United States consul | Ciudad do Bolivar, Venezuela, South America |