LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Department of the Interior, 

 Bureau of Government Laboratories, 

 Office of the Superintendent of Laboratories, 



Manila, P. I., December 21, 190Jf. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend 

 for publication articles entitled "I. The Polypodiaceae of the Philip- 

 pine Islands,"' and "II. New Species of Edible Philippine Fungi," 

 by Edwin Bingham Copcland, Ph. D., Systematic Botanist. 

 Very respectfully, 



Richard P. Strong, 

 Director Biological Laboratory, 

 Acting Superintendeni Government Laboratories. 

 Hon. Dean C. Worcester, 



Secretary of the Interior. 



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