LE'rriiR OF TRANSMITTAL. 



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U. S. Department of Acriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 



W(if<hingto7\, I). C, OctoJm- 30, 1W5. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for pub- 

 lication as Bulletin No. 89 of the series of this Bureau the accompany- 

 ing manuscript entitled ''Wild Medicinal Plants of the United States." 

 This paper was prepared by Miss Alice Henkel, Assistant in Drug- 

 Plant Investigations, and has been submitted by the Physiologist in 

 Charge with a view to its publication. 



Respectfully, B. T. Gallowat, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



/Secretary of Agrindtufre. 



