LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., November 20, 1896. 
SIR: I transmit herewith for publication as Bulletin No. 5 of this 
division a report upon the work done in the field by Messrs. P. A. 
Rydberg and C. L. Shear in 1895, together with an enumeration of the 
plants eolleeted by them. 
` Respectfully, F. LAMSON-SCRIBNER, 
Agrostologist. 
CHAS. W. DABNEY, Jr., 
i Assistant Secretary. 
