LETTl-R 01- TRAXSMITTAL 



U. S. Dkpahtment of Agriculture, 



RuREAi' OF Plant Indistry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Wmhington, I>. C, March SI, 190 J^. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of a 

 technical paper submitted by the Pathologist and Physiolooist on "A 

 Soft Hot of the CaHa Lily." by Dr. C. O. Townsend. l^lthologist, Vege- 

 table Pathological and Physiological Investigations, and recommend 

 its publication as Bulletin No. 6U of the series of this Bureau. The 

 accompanying nine plates and seven tigures are necessaiT to a clear 

 understanding of the subject-matter of the text. 

 Respectfully. 



B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bu7'eau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



