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Photo 118-a, A Log Cabin. 



long way ahead of us. I find a very large majority of the flor- 

 ists, and gardeners of rich men's estates, in the east, are from 

 Europe ; also many of the superintendents of those estates. 

 Why take the foreigner? Because we are not producing "work- 

 men" at home. Let every state take this matter up, and estab- 

 lish institutions in which they can turn out not "theorists," but 

 men of practical knowledge. While the states are not as yet 

 equipped for this work, I am taking young men out of the col- 

 leges and putting them under special drill. 



In Photo 117 you have a view of a first-class "boarding- 

 house." Here drifts the one whose system is filled with nico- 

 tine ; the one whose body is steeped with alcohol ; the criminal 

 who has ignored the God of Nature, filled his stomach with 

 trash that would make a dyspeptic of the toughest dog; and last, 

 but not least, there gravitates to this beautiful spot the noble but 

 unwise man who has nearly wrecked that divine machinery, the 

 brain, all for what? To see how much he can "own." Great 

 heart, manly soul, have you ever answered the question, "Who- 

 ever 'owned' anything?" Cease to pay your taxes and the State 

 will soon show you who is the "owner." Go on and pay your 



