LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, October 30, 1905. 

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

 lication as Bulletin No. 89 of the series of this Bureau the accompany- 

 ing manuscript entitled "Wild Medicinal Plants of the United States." 

 This paper was prepared by Miss Alice Henkel, Assistant in Drug- 

 Plant Investigations, and has been submitted by the Physiologist in 

 Charge with a view to its publication. 



Respectfully, B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau, 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretory of Agriculture. 



