﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  the 
  Chief, 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  December 
  13, 
  1912. 
  

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

   publication 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  282 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  Bureau 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   panying 
  manuscript, 
  entitled 
  " 
  Seeds 
  and 
  Plants 
  Imported 
  during 
  

   the 
  Period 
  from 
  January 
  1 
  to 
  March 
  31, 
  1912: 
  Inventory 
  No. 
  30; 
  

   Nos. 
  32369 
  to 
  33278." 
  

  

  This 
  manuscript 
  has 
  been 
  submitted 
  by 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  

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

   publication. 
  

  

  Respectfully, 
  B. 
  T. 
  Galloway, 
  

  

  Chief 
  of 
  Bureau. 
  

   Hon. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  CONTENTS 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Introductory 
  statement 
  5 
  

  

  Inventory 
  11 
  

  

  Botanical 
  notes 
  and 
  publication 
  of 
  new 
  names 
  92 
  

  

  Index 
  of 
  common 
  and 
  scientific 
  names, 
  etc 
  93 
  

  

  282 
  2 
  

  

  