LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Entomology, 

 Washington, D, C, August SO, 1906. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit for publication a compilation of 

 the laws and regulations now in force against injurious insects in the 

 different States and Territories of the Union, for the information of 

 persons engaged in the trade of living plants, and of horticultural 

 and agricultural associations. To the compilation proper is added 

 a brief account of the preliminary and annual meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Horticultural Inspectors from 1897 to 1905. I 

 recommend that it be published as Bulletin No. 61 of the Bureau of 

 Entomology. 



Respectfully, L. O. Howard, 



Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 



