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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1868
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72 Mr. BURROUGHS, Chairman, reported in a fragmentary manner, asking time to arrange and file his report. On motion, his request was granted, with instructions to lay his report, when arranged, upon the table, to be taken up in its regular order. On motion of Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. JOHN P , EEYNOLDS, Secretary of the Illinois State Agricultural Society, who was present, was invited to participate in the deliberations of the Board. Mr. QUICK presented the following resolution, which was laid upon the table, to be taken up in connection with the report of the Committee on Library and Cabinets, viz: Resolved, That the Committee on Library and Cabinets be authorized, in their discretion, to purchase the Cabinet of Professor Bromley, as soon as there are sufficient funds in the treasury, on the best possible terms, not to exceed in amount the sum of six thousand dollars. R E P O R T OF COMMITTEE ON HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. SAMUEL EDWARDS, from Committee on Horticultural Department, made a minority report, which was laid upon the table, to be considered in its proper order, viz : The undersigned, members of the Committee on Horticulture, would respectfully represent to this Board, that having had no previous notice that a report would be expected from us at this meeting, and also, the majority of the members of our committee being absent, we are unable to make a full or even a majority report. Yet we would recommend to the Board that a suitable person or persons be employed by the Agricultural and Horticultural Committees, to survey and lay out the one hundred and sixty acre farm, as well as the lands surrounding the Institute building, with the intervening lands, employing an experienced landscape gardener, if they deem expedient, to assist in said survey, causing accurate maps of the same to be made, and that the said person or persons shall take measures to secure the preparation of ground and planting of screens, the coming spring, upon the west and north sides of the experimental farm and the Busey farm. Also, as liberally as may be practicable, for the purpose of shelter, on grounds surrounding the University building, without injuring the general appearance of said grounds. We would also further recommend that, in said survey, provision be made for planting an arboretum of all ornamental and forest trees, likely to succeed, fruit trees of various kinds adapted to cultivation here, and for shrubbery, kitchen and flower garden. [Signed] SAMUEL EDWARDS, 0. B. GALUSHA. # H. TOPPING- arrived a little later, read and signed the above report, thus making it a majority report.—Bee. See.] Mr. GOLTRA presented a proposition which had been handed him, [CHARLES
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