"W. C. B.," West Philadelphia, well remarks: "We think Commissioner Colman makes a just complaint about the arrangement of the Department of Agriculture in its distribution of seeds. Two-thirds of the seeds are annually distributed by Congressmen, who are supposed to place them in the hands of such persons in their districts who keep a record of their growth and send it to the Department. But it is too true, that many of the Congressmen seem to look upon these seeds as their own property. They distribute them among their friends, who decorate their grounds with their products, and make no reports.

"The large appropriations made for the purchase of these seeds, demand that all the people profit thereby; and much greater results would be gained if all the seeds were placed in the hands, and distributed according to the judgment of, the Com. missioner; for he says that the one-third part left in his charge are not sufficient to make exchanges with those who are working for the good of the Department".