LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



To the Experiment Station Committee of the 

 Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



DEAR SIRS: 



I transmit herewith for publication a paper by Mr. A. D. Shamel, Physiolo- 

 gist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, entitled "The Improvement of 

 Plants Through Bud Selection." This paper was presented by Mr. Shamel at a 

 meeting of the Social Science Association of Honolulu, March 7, 1921, and is 

 published through the courtesy of that organization. 



Respectfully, 



t V \l/l: I H. P. AGEE, 



Director. 



