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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY,
Washington, D. C., November 15, 1899.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, and to recommend for
publication as a Farmers' Bulletin, the manuscript of a paper on
"Saltbushes," prepared by Dr. P. Beveridge Kennedy, an assistant
in this Division. The introduction of several varieties of foreign
saltbushes from Australia into California has led to a recognition of
the value of these plants for forage and to a consideration of our
native saltbushes,'of which there are many species growing on the
great western plains and semiarid stock ranges of the interior.
Saltbushes are essentially plants of the alkali region here, as in Australia.
They are from year to year becoming scarcer on the central
plains and cattle ranges of the West through overstocking and trampling
of large bands of sheep and cattle. The introduction of foreign
species and the preservation of our native varieties are questions of
the highest importance, and the present bulletin is designed to draw
special attention to these subjects. It need only be added that nearly
all the saltbushes produce a great abundance of seeds which germinate
readily under ordinary conditions, and when once established the plants
will persist and grow through the most trying seasons of drought and
heat.
Respectfully, F. LAMSON-SCRIBNER,
Agrostologist.
Hon. JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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