472 AGRICULTURAL REPORT, 
varieties of the pear, several varieties of the cherry, some tulip. and 
sycamore trees, and 1,300 small evergreens for forest. Jt is contemplated 
to commence immediately to plant a timber forest of one acre of each 
of the most approved species of trees, to determine the actual cost and 
profit of artificial forests, and the relative value of timber trees which 
may be grown in Illinois. 
Several varieties of different species of small fruits are under culti- 
vation, and it is intended to make large additions in order to test their 
relative value. Arrangements are also in progress to test a large num- 
ber of garden seeds and plants and make a full report of the re- 
sults. Considerable quantities of vegetables have been marketed in 
the city of Chicago, and also in Urbana and Champaign. A gardener’s 
house has been built recently. A new green house is nearly eompleted, 
which will add largely to the facilities of illustration to students, and 
also be an ornament to the horticultural department. 
The university embraces the following departments: 1. Agriculture. 
2. Mechanical philosophy and engineering. 3. Chemistry. 4. Natural 
history. 5. Pure mathematics. 6. Engineering. 7. English language 
and literature. 8. German language and literature. 9. Latin language 
and literature. 10. Greek language and literature. 11. History and 
social science. 12. Commerce. 13. Military science and tacties. 
The faculty of instruction consists of John M. Gregory, regent and 
professor of philosophy and history; William M. Baker, professor of 
English language and literature; Willard F. Bliss, professor of agri- 
culture; A. P.S. Stuart, professor of theoretical and applied chemistry ; 
Stillman W. Robinson, professor of mechanical science and engineering, 
and instructo® in mining engiueering; Thomas J. Burrill, professor of 
botany and horticulture; S. W. Shattuck, professor of civil engineering, 
and instructor in mathematics; Edward Snyder, professor of book- 
keeping and military tactics, and instructor in German; James Bellan- 
gee, teacher of architectural and mechanical drawing; Henry M. Doug- 
lass, assistant teacher of languages; Robert D. Warder, assistant in 
chemical laboratory; Alexander Thompson, practical mechanician, and 
foreman of machine shop; John A. Warder, lecturer on vegetable 
physiology and fruit-growing; Samuel Tenney, lecturer on zodlogy. 
The course of study in the several departments is extensive. Entire 
liberty of choice is alowed to each student in selecting the studies he 
will pursue. Changes from one department to another can be made 
only at the opening of a term. 
The apparatus for illustrating the various branches of study is ample 
and of the best quality. There is a working chemical laboratory with 
tables for a class of twenty-four students to work at once, and all the 
appliances needed for making chemical analyses. This season $3,000 
worth of new apparatus for illustrating the relations of light, heat, and 
electricity to chemistry, and their applications to agriculture will be pro- 
vided. There is also a collection of papier-maché flowers, plants, &c., pro- 
cured from the celebrated Doctor Auzoux, of Paris, several classes of which 
can be dissected, being so much enlarged as to exhibit to the eye the 
minute organs which are almostinvisible in natural flowers; acollection of 
fruits aud grains magnified to show the organs, structure, coatings, starch, 
pulp, germs, and various tissues; herbariums and collections of differ- 
ent species of woods, seeds, and grains; and cabinets of insects, birds, 
reptiles, mammals, shells, skeletons, fossils, minerals, charts, and plates. 
The university farm and gardens embrace over 1,000 acres of fine 1m- 
proved farming lands, on which large model barns are being built. A 
veterinary stable is to be erected to illustrate veterinary science, and 
