LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Botany, 

 Washington, D. C, Fehruary 38, 1900. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for i^ublication as 

 Volume Y, No. 5, Contributions from the United States National Her- 

 barium, a manuscript b}^ Mr. T. H. Kearney, jr., assistant botanist, 

 entitled The Plant Covering of Ocracoke Island. 



ResiDectfully, 



Frederick V. Coville, 



Botanist. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of AgricuUiire. 



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