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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Washington, June 5, 1890. 

 Sir : I have the honor of presenting for publication the manuscript of a Bulletin 

 on the Grasses of the Southwest. 

 Respectfully, 



George Vasey, 



Botanist. 

 Hon. J. M. Rusk, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 



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