LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Washington, August 3, 1891. 

 Sir: I have the honor of herewith presenting for publication the manuscript 

 of the second part of the Bulletin on the " Grasses of the Southwest." 



G'EORGE VASEY, 



Botanist. 

 Hon. J. M. Rusk, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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