LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



To His Excellency, 



The Governor of the State of New York, 



Sir :— 

 I have the honor to transmit herewith the Third Annual Report 

 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University, in 

 accordance with the requirements of the Act of Congress, ap- 

 proved March 2, 1887, establishing the station. This Report con- 

 sists of the following documents, viz : 



The Report of the Director. 



The Report of the Treasurer. 



The Report of the Chemist. 



The Report of the Botanist. 



The Report of the Cryptogamic Botanist. 



The Report of the Entomologist. 



The Report of the Division of Agriculture. 



The Report of the Horticulturist. 



Appendix I. — Containing the ten bulletins published dur- 

 ing the current year. 



Appendix II. — Containing a detailed statement of the ex- 

 penditures of the station. 



In the Report of two years ago the assurance was given that it 

 would be the policy of the University to render to the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station the assistance of all the resources of the Col- 



