LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, November 7 ', 1901. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled A Col- 

 lection of Economic and other Fungi, prepared b} r Mrs. Flora W. 

 Patterson, of Vegetable Pathological and Physiological Investigations, 

 and submitted by the Pathologist and Physiologist. It is respect- 

 fully recommended that the paper be published as Bulletin No. 8 of 

 this Bureau. 



Respectfully, B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Burecw. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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