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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
February, 1915 
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M Y OLD friends may like to have a word about 
my new work at the University of Illinois. 
Many of you, doubtless, have never heard of this 
institution. It is one of these new Middle Western 
universities, which have a popularity and magnitude 
so enormous that I can never get used to their 
scale of operations. The University of Illinois, for 
instance, has more than 5,000 students, and has 
nearly $5,000,000 to spend this biennium. In a 
good many lines of effort it is recognized as the 
largest, best, or first. It was the first to employ 
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sion work in landscape gardening. The aim of this 
endeavor is to teach the people of Illinois the best 
ways of arranging private and public grounds for 
utility, health, and beauty. The service is intended 
especially for those who can never afford to employ 
a landscape gardener. 
Thus, you see, I am still teaching the old subject 
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have turned from the national field to the state. 
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