St'gn and mail this to Wilhelm Miller, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 



If you have already signed a ballot, give this to a friend. A copy of Circular 170 will be sent to everyone 

 who signs one of these promises to do some permanent ornamental planting within a year. 



Australian Ballot for the People of Illinois 



/ WILL 



Q Plant or improve my WINDBREAK, not live in a bare, wind-swept spot. 

 Q SCREEN unsightly objects, e. g., barnyard and outbuildings. 



Frame the VIEW of my house from the road and of the farm from my dining- 

 room and -porch. 



Plant bushes and vines against the FOUNDATIONS of my house. 



Make a good permanent LAWN, not a cheap weed-patch, and keep the center 

 open, not scatter plants over it. 



Have SHRUBBERY, instead of artificial hedges, or temporary flower-beds in the 

 middle of the lawn. 



Save old TREES on lawn, roadside, or pasture. 



Q Plant chiefly long-lived NATIVE MATERIAL, not short-lived "quick-growers," 

 or foreign and artificial varieties. 



Q Make a practical FLOWER-GARDEN, e. g., a cut-flower, bird, children's, wild, 

 winter, or tree-garden, instead of copying something eastern, English, or Italian. 



Q] Plant an ILLINOIS BORDER, sacred to Illinois trees, shrubs, and wild flowers. 



Q Restore and preserve the LOCAL COLOR, instead of destroying every shrub 

 within a mile. 



Q Adopt the ILLINOIS WAY, not the gaudy, conventional, and imitative style, 

 for I do not want my place to look like every beginner's the world over. 



Q Build and plant a PERMANENT COUNTRY HOME. 



^] PLAN or re-plan my home grounds, or engage a landscape gardener. 



Without agreeing to pay anybody anything, I promise to do some permanent 

 ornamental planting within a year. 



Address. 



