LETTER OF TRAXSMirTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, 



Washington^ D. C. , August 8, 1900. 

 Sir: I respectfully transmit herewith a paper prepared by Dr. Her- 

 mann von Schrenk, special agent of this Division, on Some Diseases of 

 New England Conifers. The investigations described were carried on 

 in cooperation with the Division of Forestry of this Department and 

 the Shaw School of Botany, of St. Louis, Mo., and are of special 

 interest at this time, in view of the increasing demand for information 

 on forest problems. I respectfully recommend that the paper be pub- 

 lished as Bulletin No. 25 of this Division. 



Dr. von Schrenk desires acknowdedgment on his behalf to the fol- 

 lowing persons for courtesies shown him and assistance rendered in 

 his w^ork: Mr. Austin Carj^ of the Berlin Mills Company; Profes- 

 sor Harvey, of Orono, Me.; Mr. S. Boardman, of the Bangor Com- 

 mercial; and Mr. Cram, of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway, 

 Chief of Division. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



