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tablish playgrounds. This work is now progressing rapidly. 



Landscape development was also fostered by the desire of his- 

 torical associations to preserve for future generations the old land- 

 marks in Illinois history. The restoration of the "rocks" along the 

 Rock river, lake bluffs, river banks, ravines, sand dunes, and bits of 

 natural woods was carried on. The Illinois Chapter of the Daugh- 

 ters of the American Revolution made possible the restoration of the 

 old Fort Massac, located on the Ohio River near Metropolis, Illinois. 

 The planning and the execution of this work was done by the speaker. 

 It seems safe to say that much of the rapidity of development in land- 

 scape gardening, in its various phases, is due to the combination of the 

 theoretical and the practical. In the professional field many of our 

 graduates have been real influences in the building of a better and 

 more beautiful Middle West. 



All organizations and state agencies, including the University, 

 should do everything in their power to make our farms, our country 

 places, beautiful as well as economically and efficiently arranged and 

 more healthful places in which to live. The coming generations, as 

 well as the present, have a right to expect this. With further ex- 

 pansion of our horticultural developments, Illinois will shortly be the 

 most beautiful country in the world. It is essentially a horticultural 

 state, where all sorts of horticultural products reach their highest de- 

 velopment. The agriculture of the future will be more intensive ag- 

 riculture and less extensive. This means small and better developed 

 farms, with a richer, more healthful and beautiful home life. I am 

 glad to have had a part in the developments of the past, some of which 

 have been briefly touched upon here ; and it is my earnest desire to 

 further in any way possible future progress in horticulture. 



