LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
Agricultural. College, ) 
Ames, Iowa, January 28, 1897. ) 
To His Excellency, FRANCIS M. Drake, Governor of Iowa: 
Sir — In accordance with the provisions of chapter 86, laws 
of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, I have the honor to 
transmit herewith the proceedings of the eleventh annual ses- 
sion of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. 
With great respect, ^your obedient servant, 
Herbert Osborn, 
Secretary Iowa Academy of Sciences. 
