LHTTRR OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Botany, 

 \VashiiH/t(»i, I). C, Fchrum-ij 11, 18<)3. 

 Sir : I have tlie lionor of present in jj;- for publication the second part of the "Grasses 

 of tJie Pacific Slope, Inchiding Alaska and the Adjacent Islands." This part completes 

 the second volume of" Illustrations of North American Grasses." 



Geo. Vasey, 



Botanint. 

 Hon. J. M. RnsK, 



IScvrvtury of Agriculture. 



