squares are of a more sandy nature, and are better adapted for growing vegetables than any of the other lots. There were no buildings on the place but a small office, but there has since been erected a good five-stalled stable for horses, also a seed-room and tool-house, and attached to the main building there is a cart and wagon shed, also a yard in which the Angora goats are kept. A suitable office of two apartments has been erected at a convenient distance from the other buildings. The several kinds of grain and grasses which had been sown turned out remarkably well, considering the lateness of their planting and the condition of the soil. The sorghum was a fine crop, and from the small quantity sown there was raised two barrels of very fine, pure seed. Seventy-seven kinds of potatoes had been planted, fifty of them seedlings from Germany. The seedlings did not all come to proper maturity, but those which did were selected for further experiment. Some of the other varieties did very well, especially Goodrich Early, and a kiad called the Orono Unrivalled; this last yielded immensely, and seems to luxuriate in this climate and soil. When the potatoes were dug, they were all pitted in the open air; first covered with six inches of afterwards with twelve inches of earth, and then thatched with straw again, and during very severe frost a covering of fresh horse-manure was added, but removed on the return of thaw. All the potatoes kept well in this way and were in a fine condition when opened in spring. A small portion of land was sown with buckwheat, called Silver-skinned, the whole of which was saved for the purpose of sowing a greater breadth next season, as the kind is a very valuable one, being a much clearer and thinner skinned variety than the usual kind in cultivation, and quite as prolific. Two acres of corn were sown for fodder; it grew very rapidly and produced an immense quantity of forage, which was well cured and fed to the horses all winter.

straw,

The clovers, of which two varieties were sown, have taken with the ground well. The Alfafa or Chili clover grows very luxuriantly in the early part of the season, but does not withstand drought so well as the Alsike clover. The Alsike is perennial in its nature, and will prove a great acquisition to this country, as it produces a very abundant crop, and is likely to suit this climate. Among this clover was found a millet, which appears to be a new variety, as there is nothing of the same kind in cultivation in this quarter. The millet from the Crimea is also a very valuable variety. It produces an immense amount of foliage, and grows about four feet high. There was a small yellow corn from southern Russia, which seems to be of considerable value, as it ripens in ninety days from the period of planting. All the seed is carefully saved for further experiment. There was also a very small bean from Russia, more like a pea than a bean in shape, which deserves especial attention. When first sown, it comes up very slowly; and when other beans, sown at the same period, are beginning to flower, this one has not made much show; but gradually it develops itself and spreads along the ground, covering a great breadth with a perfect mass of rich, dark green, luxuriant foliage, and producing an immense quantity of pods, which are generally about five inches long. The small area of ground experimented with produced at the rate of forty-two bushels per acre. Next season it will be more extensively cultivated.

WHEAT.

In the early part of September, the middle west square was ploughed twice and dragged before sowing with wheat. When the quantities were large, the seed was sown broadcast; but when the quantities were small, which was the case in all but two instances, the seed was drilled at 13 inches between the rows. Sowing was begun on the 15th of the month, and all the seed sown came up very rapidly, and very soon covered the ground. In fact, some of the kinds made too much headway, as the severe frost killed many of the finest sorts. The following is a list of the kinds of wheat experimented with:

Nursery Wheat, Sole's Winter, Reid's White, Eastern Prussian Scheffell, Western Prussian Scheffell, Frumento Andriolo Esastico Rosso, (Froment Renfle Glabre et Blanc,) Frumento Andriolo Esastico Bianco, (Froment Petanielle Rouge et Glabre,) Frumento Rosso Collo Barbu, (Froment d'Odessa Rouge Barbee,) Granone Winter, Arnautka, Hallett's Pedigree, Tappahannock, Prussia No. 1, Prussia No. 2, seven varieties no name, (from Prussia,) Blue Stone, Sherriff's White Bearded, Premium White Mediterranean from Port Mahon, Red Bearded Mediterranean, Fenton, Trump, Red Chaff, Hopetown, Tauntondeau, Tasmanian, Amber, English Wooley Eared, Chinese, Australian, Golden Drop, Rough Chaff, Chiddam, Blue Cone or Rivetts, Sandomir, Small Cujavish, Sherriff's Red Bearded, Browick Red, Spaulding's Prolific, Red Nursery, Red Thickset, Clover's Red, Red Lammas, Clever Highland, Hard or Horny, Kessingland, Flickling's Hallett's Genealogical, Welch, numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Puget Sound, Weddell's, Oxford, Nairn Peige, A. Bell's, Champion, Wunder, Blue Jacquin, Golden Swan, Vilmorin's, Dorking's Glory, Essex White, Drowed's, Talavera, Piper's Thickset, Blue Refford, Tall Cluster, Algier, Flickling's Prolific, Brodie's, John Dunn's, A. Hay's, Old Red, Hunter's White, John Stevens', Schonermark's, Weizacker Winter, Nottingham Red, Eley's Reissen, Eclipse Dwarf, Baxter's, Archer's Prolific, Canadischer, Club Headed, Grinnell's, Lammas, Red Chili, Black Sea.

SPRING WHEATS.

Gherica, April Red Bearded, Arnautka Hard, Oregon, Summer Spelt, Fernor April Summer.

The wheat crop generally, on this place, has been very good, with the exception of some of the varieties which did not stand the winter, and some kinds received too late, and in such small quantities that their merits were not sufficiently tested. On the 15th of September, sowed two ridges of red bearded Mediterranean wheat, and two ridges of premium white Mediterranean wheat, from Port Mahon, both of which came up in four days, and, in consequence of the fine, open weather which prevailed before frost set in, they made a very fine appearance. On the 9th of October a sowing of both of the above kinds was again made; they also came up well, but not so rapidly as the first sown lots. During the winter, the first or September sowing of the premium white Mediterranean wheat withstood the winter very badly, and during the severe frost in the month of January, it was entirely killed; whereas the same wheat sown in October withstood the winter much better than the red bearded Mediterranean wheat, kept ahead the whole season, and was harvested on the 27th of June. This seems to be a wheat well adapted to this climate, large berry, well filled and thin skinned; produced forty-eight bushels per acre. The red bearded Mediterranean wheat sown in October did not stand the severe frost so well as the same kind sown in September, showing that the best period for sowing the red bearded Mediterranean wheat is September, and for the premium. white Mediterranean, from Port Mahon, is October. The Tappahannock wheat has been the earliest of all the varieties experimented with, although it does not seem to be so productive as some of the other kinds; still the fine quality of the grain, and its earliness, is very much to be regarded, as an early variety is much less liable to disease and other contingencies. Some of the kinds which promised to be fine crops when growing, turned out very coarse samples. Some of the spring wheats are remarkable for their productiveness and early maturity. The Arnautka hard spring wheat, April red bearded wheat, and Black Sea wheat, are about the best, sown from the 12th to the 29th of March, and harvested 10th of July.

RYE.

The following varieties, mostly from Prussia, have done very well. The kind called Eldenaer Bastard rye is very peculiar-more like wheat than rye, very large and thin-skinned :

Probstier rye, rye from the city of Tirnia, in Saxony, Spanish Double, Corren's, John's Day, Seelander, Champagner, Eldenaer Bastard, Mandschure, Riesen Standen, Shortheaded Corren Standen, Poland, San Joaquin, Bushy Summer, from Saxony.

OATS.

A few winter oats were sown in the fall, but they did not withstand the sudden frosts and thaws to which they were exposed. The following kinds were sown in March, and all drilled in at 13 inches between the rows. This was a very favorable season for oats, and those experimented with were all good but the Hopetown:

Potato oats, (from R. L. Dorr, Danville, New York.) Hopetown Potato, (from England,) Black Prussian, Great Flag, Cumberland, White Swedish, Yellow Lithuania, White Tartarian, Black Tartarian, Black Poland, Dyoick's Early, Nun's, Berlie, Blainslie, Late Angus, Early Angus.

BARLEY.

Barley requires a colder and more humid climate than this to promote its early growth; although some of the varieties grown did pretty well, still there was a shortness of straw which was against its weight considerably. The varieties grown are all first class of their kind when raised in England. The Hertfordshire Hero barley never came into ear at all. The following kinds have been

grown:

Chevalier barley, Hudson Golden Melon, Moldavian, Thanet, Hertfordshire Hero, Golden Drop, Brewer's Delight, Page's Prolific, Peruvian, Great, Laland, Weizacker, Oderbruch.

The last mentioned barley is grown very extensively on the low, formerly swamp lands of the valley of the Oder, but which were drained during the reign of Frederick the Great, and has since produced the very best barley known on the continent of Europe. It is a very favorite variety for the porter brewers of England, and for which they pay a very high price. The sample experimented with, of this variety, was very small, and the season was too far advanced before it was received to test it properly. It, however, came up vigorously, and appears to be of robust growth, but had not time to mature.

RICE.

Four kinds of rice from Japan were sown; the seed must have got heated, or, perhaps, was too old, as none of it ever germinated.

SORGHUM.

Four varieties of sorghum have been grown, viz: red sorghum, sugar, black and red, all from Shantung; the other is sorghum imported from China. They have all been planted as far separate as possible, so as to preserve the different kinds from hybridizing. They all look well, especially the first three varieties, and seem to be something new.

PEAS.

About seventy varieties of peas were sown, four feet apart in the row, on the same kind of land, and all about the same date. The whole did well except a few from Germany, which were in very small lots and did not appear to be of any merit The following kinds were grown:

Early Sugar peas, Sugar, Green Dwarf Market, Knight's Dwarf Market, Dwarf Smooth Honey Market, Early Dwarf Market, Early English Crooked White Flowered, Pole, Green Mammoth, Small Mammoth, Large Mammoth, Dwarf Blue Imperial, Tom Thumb, Bishop's Early Dwarf, McLean's Little Gem, Philadelphia Extra Early, Emperor or Morning Star, Dwarf Sugar, Early Frame, Daniel O'Rourke, Deacon's Double Extra Early, New Early Telegraph, Veitch's Perfection, Eugenie or Alliance, Champion of England, Napoleon or Climax, Blackeyed Marrow, White-eyed Marrow, Evergreen Marrow, Beck's Gem, McLean's Epicurean, McLean's Princess of Wales, Bedman's Imperial, McLean's Premier, the Yorkshire Hero, Small Prussian, Saxton's Prolific, Carter's "first crop," Sutton's Long-podded Tom Thumb, Scimitar, Harrison's Glory, King of the Marrow, Dickson's Favorite, Warner's Emperor, Beck's Prizetaker, British Queen, Ne Plus Ultra, McLean's Princess Royal, Bishop's Long-podded Dwarf, Dickson's First and Best Early, Wheeler's First Early, Hair's Dwarf Mammoth, Knight's Tall Green Marrow, Advancer, Surprise, Early Green Marrow, Wonderful. Sangster's No. 1, Competitor, Wonder of the World, the Washington, White Russian, Partridge, Common Gray, Flack's Victory, Denyer's General Havelock, Champion of Scotland, Fairhead's Excelsior, Magdeburg Gold, Spanish peas from Port Mahon, Naples.

Dickson's "First and Best Early" pea is superior to any of the peas experimented with for earliness, productiveness, and general good qualities. The pod of this pea was longer than any of the other early sorts, and was uniformly filled with large well developed peas. Sown 24th March, bloomed 10th May, and was ready for picking on 28th May.

Carter's "First Crop" is a very early pea, height 23 feet, not quite so productive as Dickson's "First and Best" pea, but has the advantage of ripening all its pods about the same time. Sown March 21st, bloomed 8th May, and ready for picking 28th May.

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Wheeler's First Early" pea, said to be earlier by one week than “Daniel O'Rourke" or "Sangster's No. 1," but did not prove so here; although a very good early pea, resembling Carter's "First Crop" pea very much, not quite so productive as "Sangster's No. 1." Sown 24th March, bloomed 9th May, and picked 29th same month.

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Sangster's No. 1, a synonym of Daniel O'Rourke, height 34 to 4 feet, very nearly as productive as Dickson's "First and Best Early" pea, strong habit, and early. Sown 24th March, bloomed 10th May, ready for picking on 29th May.

McLean's "Little Gem" pea, a dwarf, prolific, green wrinkled marrow pea, is a great acquisition; having a fine flavor, sugary, early, and requires no stakes, growing about 14 inches high. Sown 20th March, bloomed 10th May, and was ready for picking 10th June.

Of second early peas, Advancer, Warner's Emperor, Ne Plus Ultra, McLean's Epicurean, McLean's Princess of Wales, McLean's Premier, Saxton's Prolific, Magdeburg Gold, The Yorkshire Hero, and Dickson's Favorite are all good, and come in soon after the more early varieties, being all good bearers, and suitable for general cropping.

BEANS.

Thirteen kinds of the long-pod Windsor bean, and four varieties of horse planted. Very few of them ever came to any perfection, being en

beans, were

tirely destroyed by insects, and the climate generally being too hot and dry for them. The kidney bean comprises the several sorts grown, viz:

Early Six Weeks, White Kidney, China Red Eye, Newington Wonder, Early Valentine, Robin's Egg Dwarf Kidney, Cream-colored Dwarf Kidney, Canadian Dwarf Yellow, Common Brown Haricot, Variegated Dwarf, White Haricot, Dwarf White Sugar Pearl, Negro Long-podded French, Thousandfold Dwarf White, Dwarf White Kidney, Black and White Sugar, White Bush, Paris Sugar Dwarf, Dwarf Yellow Sugar, Large White Lima, Horticultural, Black Mexican, and five kinds without names.

POLE BEANS.

White Kidney Pole Bean, Arabian White Flowered, Variegated Runner, Black Stake, Scarlet Runner, and Arabian Colored Runner.

GRASSES AND CLOVERS.

About three acres were seeded down with timothy the first week in October. It came up very regularly, and the land being in good condition, it made a fine start before frost. The winter was very severe, and in the spring its appearance for a crop was very indifferent; but it gradually tillered out, and in the month of June there was cut and cured about eight tons of splendid hay. The aftermath has grown tolerably, and produced about two and a half tons of good hay. The Alsike clover and Alfafa, or Chili clover, both produced good crops of a succulent and nutritious nature. The Alfafa, when young, would make a very fine feed for soiling cattle, but it has a tendency to grow very woody and hard when allowed to mature. The Alsike, on the contrary, keeps green and luxu riant up to its period of ripening, and has not the same tendency to get hard and fibry. The other grasses sown are as follows:

Medicago lupulino, Trifolium filiforme, Trifolium repens, Trifolium incarnatum, Onobrychis sativa, Apium petroselinum, Cynosurus cristatus, Plantago lanceolata, Festuca duriuscula, Festuca pratensis, Festuca ovina, Festuca tennifolia, Festuca elatior, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Alopecurus pratensis, Poa pratensis, Poa trivialis, Poa nemoralis, Poa annua, Bromus Schraderi, Dactylis glomerata, Avena Flavescens, Evergreen rye-grass, Ayrshire perennial grass, Pacey's Perennial grass, Esparset, Pimpernell grass, Franz Raygrass, Black Nonesuch or yellow clover, yellow suckling clover, white clover, scarlet crimson or Italian clover, sainfoin, sheep parsley, crested dogstail, ribgrass, hard Fescue grass, meadow Fescue grass, sheep's Fescue, fine-leaved Fescue, tall Fescue, sweet-scented vernal, meadow foxtail, smooth-stalked meadow, rough-stalked meadow, annual meadow (from Australia,) orchard grass, yellowish oat grass, burr clover, cocksfoot grass, English Italian ryegrass, clover from Richmond or Turkey clover, soft hairy cockle grass.

CABBAGES.

Eighteen varieties of cabbage have been grown, viz:

Little Pixie, Early Dwaif York, Nonpariel, Early Emperor, Sugar Loaf, Couve Tronchuda, Carter's Matchless, Imperial Oxheart, Extra Fine Red, Shilling's Queen, McEwan's Early, Enfield Market, Wheeler's Imperial, Fearnought, White Cwt., Robinson's Champion Drumhead, Winningstadt, Red Pickling.

Little Pixie, Early Dwarf York, Early Emperor, Carter's Matchless, and Imperial Oxheart, are the five earliest of the above-named varieties. All were sown in the drill March 31, never transplanted, and were fit for table 22d June. Little Pixie is very small, but makes a compact head early. Early