LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 November 1st, 1897. 



Hon. John S. Pillsbury, 



President of the Board of Regents of the University, 



Sir : — I have the honor to present through you to the 



Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, the first 



volume of Minnesota Botanical Studies, being Bulletin No. 



9, of the Survey and the second volume of the Botanical series. 



I am, sir, 



your obedient servant, 



Conway MacMillan, 



State Botanist. 



