LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Botany, 

 Washington, D. C. , June 12, 1901. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled, 

 The Origin and Distribution of the Cocoa Palm, by Mr. O. F. Cook, 

 Special Agent for Tropical Agriculture, which I recommend for pub- 

 lication as Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 

 Volume VII, No. 2. 

 Respectfully. 



Frederick V. Coville, 



Botanist. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



