294 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. IL C1-1. 252. 1880. PURCHASE AND D1S1*B1:BUT10N OF SEEDS, AND So FORTH. Purchase props- For the purchase and propagation and distribution, as required by §°·'>¥°¤, and di¤*·¤· law, of seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expenses of &jf‘°“ °f “""d“* putting up the same, eighiy thousand dollars; an equal proportion of ` three-fourths of all seeds, plants, and cutinngs shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their agricultural constituents, or shall by their djrection be sent to their constituents; and the persons receiving such seeds shall inform the department of the results of the expemments Promo- with: Provided, That ive thousand dollars of this amount shall, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be devoted to experiments in connection with the culture and manufacture of tea, and shall Promo. be available immediately: Provided further, Thatthree thousand dollars of this sum shall be expended in the discretion of the Commissioner in experiments for the improvement of the varieties and culture of cotton: Promo. And provided also, That the Commissioner shall report, as provided in ` this act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, from whom purchased, and the date of purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Commissioner of Agriculture hom sending. flower, garden, and other seeds to those who apply for the same; and the amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, plants, cuttings, and vines. EXPEBIMIINTAL GARDEN AND G-B.0UNDs. Labor and mis- For labor in experimental garden, five thousand dollars; plantpots, <>¤UM1¤0¤¤· two hundred and nity dollars; repairing and painting greenhouses, and so forth, eight hundred dollars· new boiler for propagating-house, two himdrcd and fifty dollars; purchasing and propagating new plants and seeds of economic value, six hundred dollars; tools for greenhouses, one hundred and fifty dollars; repairs to heating apparatus, new pipes, and so forth, four hundred and fifty dollars ; charcoal, sand, and sod for potting plants, one hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand six hundred dollars. For labor, new implements, repair of tools, wagons, and carts, manure, rdepagling ang (yvhliatggvashing fence and purchasing trees for arboretum, ve thousand o . MUSEUM AND 1€¤¤B.BAB.IUM. specimens of For collecting and modeling specimens of iruit and vegetables, and fruit &<=· plcillectiug gnld preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, one ousan dollars. 1NvES·1•;o-AT10N AS 1*0 INSEOTS 1NJDm0US T0 AGBIGULTUEE. Insects. For investigating the history and habits of insects injurious to agriculture; for experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them; chemicals traveling and other expenses in the practical work of the entomological division, five thousand dollars. FURNITURE AND REPAIRS. Furniturc an d For repairs of building heatin -a aratus thrnitur carpets and ¤>P¤·¤‘¤· matting, water and gas-pipes, and go fdgth, four thousand, dollars. ’ For one lire and burglar proof safe, one thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. LBRABY. Library. For entomological and botanical works of reference, works on chemis· (tg; mineralogy, and charts, current agriculimral works for library, misonaaglepggggrgglgrusm periodicals, and the completion ofimperfect series,
