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man in his career there. Aside from rounding out the scientific side of his 

 mind, he began here his work in journalism, a work he has continued in 

 varied lines to this day. His first editorial experience was as manager of 

 the college Speculum, before he completed his course of study there. 

 After taking his Bachelor's degree, for a couple of years he enjoyed the 

 great pleasure to any student of botany, of sitting at the feet of Dr. Asa 

 Gkay, America's greatest botanist. On the suggestion of his recent 

 instructor and cherished friend, Dr. W. J. Beal, he was appointed by Dr. 

 Gray as assistant in Harvard's famous botanic gardens. This gave him a 

 grand opportunity for development along his chosen lines; and while 

 drinking in the technical knowledge of botany at Cambridge he acquainted 

 himself with the methods of the amateur and professional gardeners about 

 Boston and became a voluminous writer for the agricultural press upon 

 horticultural topics. 



It was while engaged here that a vacancy occurred in the chair of horti- 

 culture at our own Agricultural college. The state board of agriculture 

 remembered Bailey's career as a student and, although he seemed very 

 young, and himself would not have thought of being a candidate for the 

 position, he was called back to his native state and his alma mater. For 

 more than four years he was professor of horticulture, then endearing him- 

 self to his students, his associates on the faculty, and to the horticulturists 

 of the state. Horticulture was given a great impetus at the college and 

 became a popular department with the undergraduates. Prof. Bailey's 

 college lectures were very entertaining and he succeeded in making usually 

 uninteresting subjects so juicy and wholesome that the young men 

 were tempted to take with him more than their allotment of horticultural 

 instruction. 



While occupying a chair at this college his ability as a lecturer gave 

 him many calls to address local horticultural societies, granges, and 

 farmers' clubs, the acceptance of which gave him a large and valuable 

 acquaintance in the state. 



In 1886 Prof. Bailey accompanied a party of botanists and did some 

 excellent work, under the auspices of the Minnesota geological survey, in 

 gathering data concerning the flora of northern Minnesota. A little later 

 he accompanied a similar party which took a trip across the state of Mich- 

 igan in the region of the jack-pine plains, gathering botanical information 

 and making notes of especial value to forestry interests. In 1888 he took 

 a flying trip to Europe and from that year until the date of this writing 

 he has occupied the chair of horticulture at Cornell university, to which he 

 was called by the trustees of that institution, at the earnest solicitation of 

 leading horticulturists of the Empire state. The position has been a 



