LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF FORESTRY, 

 Washington, D. C.,June%9, 190 J. 



SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report entitled "The 

 Planting of White Pine in New England," by Harold B. Kempton, 

 field assistant in the Bureau of Forestry, and to recommend its publi- 

 cation as Bulletin No. 45 of the Bureau of Forestry. 



The thirteen plates and two text figures accompanying this bulletin 

 are necessary for its proper illustration. 



Very respectfully, GIFFORD PINCHOT, 



Forester. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 

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