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Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1863 The anxiety of the people Of the country to Obtain the seeds, and the satis faction manifested at their reception. And the resulting productions, are a sufficient attestation that the distribution of valuable seeds by the department is a recognized custom and duty which may not be abandoned, the complaints of captious or interested parties to the contrary notwithstanding; and I hazard nothing in saying that in no department of this government does the expenditure of a like sum confer upon so large a proportion Of the people anything like the same amount of pleasure and substantial enjoyment. The propagating and experimental garden, a most important branch of this department, in former years suffered much through incompetency and neglect. In order to remedy these evils, and in so far as it may be possible to make up for lost time, I have taken great pains to secure the services of a gentleman eminently well known in that department Of science needed to carry on successfully the experiments to be made. During the year there have been distributed from the garden of the depart ment about articles, comprising vines, bulbs, cuttings, and plants. About one-half of these were distributed through members Of Congress the remainder has been sent for dissemination by agricultural and other rural associations. While the introduction and propagation of new and valuable plants will always command a large share of attention as one of the principal objects of the garden, still it is believed that investigations having in view a more thorough knowledge of the diseases of plants, especially with reference to those of our more valuable and generally cultivated fruits, should receive more attention than formerly. Acting upon this belief, and being convinced of the immense importance Of the grape cr0p as a fruit for general consumption, and more particularly in view Of the extraordinary increasing interest now developing in regard to the production of native wines, an extensive correspondence has been opened with vineyardists in all parts of the country, for the purpose Of comparing the results of exp ence and Observation in regard to the influences of soil and climate, as also the effects of varied treatment and the estimation Of varieties. Much valuable in formation has thus been contributed, embracing a collection Of facts without which it would be impossible to reach intelligent conclusions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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