LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
OFFICE OF STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
Old Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi, 
February 7, 1921. 
To His Excellency, 
GOVERNOR LEE M. RussELu, CHAIRMAN, and Members of the 
Geological Commission. 
Gentlemen: 
In the course of my field work on the Geological Survey for 
several years past, I have found it advisable to make copious 
notes on the native plants of the State, and to make large collec- 
tions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns. A close relationship 
was found to exist between the geological formations, the soils 
derived from them, and the native plants growing apon those 
soils, so that it seems to me that a more critical study of our 
flora in connection with the geology and soils of the State was 
desirable. I therefore, employed Mr. Thomas L. Bailey, an ex- 
cellent field botanist, though yet an undergraduate student, te 
collect during his vacations more fully cf summer and early fall 
plants than I had been permitted to do while burdened with 
other duties. 
To embody in available form the result of the combined work 
of Mr. Bailey and myself, this Bulletin has been prepared by the 
writer. 
It is presented with the hope that it will prove of value to 
the citizens of the State, and to students of botanical science gen- 
erally. 
Respectfully submitted, 
E. N. Lowe, Director. 
