LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Forestry, 

 Washington, J). (J., March 7, 1898. 

 Sir: I have tbe honor to transmit herewith for publication a Check 

 List of the Forest Trees of the United States, prepared by Mr. George 

 B. Sudworth, Dendrologist of the Division. 



It represents in the main a condensed reproduction of Bulletin 

 No. 14, Nomenclature of the Arborescent Flora of the United States, 

 by the same author, with notes on the distribution of trees added 

 for better identification. 



This shorter list, it is believed, will be helpful in bringing about a 

 more uniform and stable use of names by lumbermen, nurserymen, and 

 others interested in forest trees. 



Eespectfully, B. E. Fernow, 



Chief of Division. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



