﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  the 
  Chief, 
  

   'Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  March 
  16, 
  1912. 
  

   Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  transmit 
  herewith 
  and 
  to 
  recommend 
  for 
  

   publication 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  248 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  Bureau 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   panying 
  manuscript, 
  entitled 
  "Seeds 
  and 
  Plants 
  Imported 
  during 
  the 
  

   Period 
  from 
  July 
  1 
  to 
  September 
  30, 
  1911: 
  Inventory 
  No. 
  28; 
  Nos. 
  

   31371 
  to 
  31938." 
  

  

  This 
  manuscript 
  has 
  been 
  submitted 
  by 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  

   in 
  Charge 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  pub- 
  

   lication. 
  

  

  Kespectfully, 
  

  

  B. 
  T. 
  Galloway, 
  

  

  Chief 
  of 
  Bureau. 
  

   Hon. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

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