LETTI'R OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 W(i.s/i;,i(/fo,i, I). (\, (Moher 27, 1002. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entith'd '"Silk- 

 worm Food Plants: Cultivation and Propagation," hy George W. 

 Oliver, Expert, Seed and Plant Introduction and Distril)ution, and 

 respectful! V recommend its pu))lication as a ])ulletin of this Bureau. 



The paper has been prepared at the request of Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 under whose direction the funds appropriated at the last session of 

 Congress for an investigation into the sul)ject of silk culture in this 

 country are expended. Dr. Howard has made a number of sug- 

 gestions in regard to the scope and character of the paper, and has 

 furnished the illustration used as a frontispiece, selected from a large 

 number of photographs taken by him during the past sunmier while 

 investigating the silk-cultural industry in Italy and other countries. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. ^ 



