LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, December 11, 1905. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled "Vari- 

 eties of Tobacco Seed Distributed in 1905-6, with Cultural Direc- 

 tions," and respectfully recommend that it be published as Bulletin 

 No. 91 of the series of this Bureau. 



This paper was prepared b} T Messrs. A. D. Shamel and W. W. Cobey, 

 in charge of tobacco breeding experiments, Laboratory of Plant 

 Breeding, and it has been submitted by the Botanist in Charge of Seed 

 and Plant Introduction and Distribution with a view to publication. 



The illustrations which accompany this paper are considered essen- 

 tial to a full understanding of the text. 

 Respectfully, 



Hon. James Wilson. 



Secretary of Agrioultun . 



B. T. Galloway. 



Chief of Bureau. 



