LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF BOTANY, 
Washington, D. C., December 5, 1893. 
Srr: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as Vol. 
u1, No.3, of Contributions from the U. 8. National Herbarium, the third 
and final part of a Manual of the Phanerogams and Pteridophytes of 
Western Texas, by John M. Coulter. This brochure concludes Vol. IL 
of the Contributions. 
Respectfully, 
FREDERICK V. COVILLE, 
Botanist. 
Hon. J. STERLING MORTON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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