

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Botany, 

 Washington, D. C, February 11, 1893. 

 Sir : I have the honor of presenting for publication the second part of "Grasses 

 of the Pacific Slope, Including Alaska and the Adjacent Islands," which completes the 

 second volume of " Illustrations of North American Grasses." I respectfully recom- 

 mend that when the printing of this work shall have been completed a suitable 

 number of copies shall be bound with the first part of the same volume, which was 

 issued in October, 1892, as Bulletin No. 13, part I, of this Division. 



Geo. Vasey, 



Botanist. 

 Hon. J. M. Rusk, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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