LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Department op the Interior, 



United States Geological Survey, 



Washington, D. C, May 31, 1904. 



Sir: I transmit herewith the manuscript of a report entitled 



"Status of the Mesozoic Floras of the United States, Second Paper," 



by Lester F. Ward, with the collaboration of William M. Fontaine, 



Arthur Bibbins, and G. R. Wieland, and recommend its publication 



as a monograph. 



Very respectfully, 



C. W. Hayes, 



Geologist in Charge of Geology. 



Hon. Charles D. Walcott, 



Director United States Geological Survey. 



