DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,
Washington, D. C., July 15, 1902.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript and illustrations of a paper entitled Fossil Flora of the John Day Basin, Oregon, and to request its publication as a bulletin of the Survey.

Very respectfully,

F. H. KNOWLTON,
Paleontologist.

Hon. CHARLES D. WALCOTT,
Director United States Geological Survey.