LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Forestry, 

 Wasidngton, D. Decemher 18, 1901. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on the forests 

 and forest conditions of the Southern Appalachians, including a descrip- 

 tion of them by mountain groups, an account of lumbering in the South- 

 ern Appalachians, and a description of their forests by river basins, 

 together with an annotated accovint of the trees of the region and a 

 list of the shrubs. 



Verv respectfully, Giffoed Pinchot, 



Forester. 



The Secretary of Agriculture. 



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