LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
Drvision oF PUBLICATIONS, 
Washington, D. C., September 30, 1897. 
Str: I have the honor to submit an article on Asparagus Culture, 
prepared by Mr. R. B. Handy, of this Division. Frequent inquiries for 
information on this subject led to its preparation. Besides the author’s 
knowledge of the subject, which is considerable, special opportunities 
have been afforded him for studying the methods of the most experi- 
enced and successful growers. Theassistance of Mr. L. H. Dewey, of 
the Division of Botany, was invoked in preparing the matter on the 
botany of the plant, and that portion of the article relating to fungus 
diseases has been read and approved by the chief of the Division of 
Vegetable Physiology and Pathology. The concluding portion relating | 
to insect enemies of the asparagus is the work of Mr. F. H. Chittenden, 
of the Division of Entomology, who has made a special study of insects 
injurious to this plant. I have the honor to recommend its publication 
as No. 61 of the Farmers’ Bulletin series. 
Respectfully, 
Gro. Wo.. Hinx, Chief. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary. 
