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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

Floriculture.—The study of the kinds, propagation, growth, and care of flowering and other ornamental plants. Each student has practice in propagating by cuttings and otherwise, in potting and shifting, and in care of plants requiring various treatments. Insects and diseases, with the remedies, are thoroughly treated, and the means of securing vigor of growth and abundance of flowers are studied and illustrated by practice. Pomology and Forestry.—Much of the first half of the term is spent in the orchards, nurseries, and forests, making observations and collections, and in the laboratory work determining species, varieties, etc. A large collection of apples, pears, grapes, peaches, etc., is made each year, and the chief characteristics of each are pointed out. Practice is had in making drawings and plaster casts. Written descriptions of the fruits are carefully made and compared with those given in the books, and systems of analysis and classification are put to practical tests. Students see and perform the skilled operations usually practiced in the propagation and growth of trees. Various methods of pruning and training, especially of grapes, are discussed in the class-room, and illustrated upon the grounds. Students study the injurious insects and fungi which cause or accompany diseases of trees and fruits, and the methods of preventing or diminishing their ravages. The native forests of the vicinity and of the country at large are studied as a foundation for the lessons upon the influence and value of timber and other trees and their artificial culture. For the latter, the forest tree plantation on the University grounds, and the aboretum, afford practical illustrations. Plant-Houses and Management.—This study includes gardening and landscape architecture; the methods of construction, heating and ventilation, and general management, so as to secure, under the different circumstances, the best plant growth. The class-room work consists of lectures and architectural designing and drawing. Illustrations and practice are afforded by the plant-houses of the University.

VETERINARY SCIENXE.

This science is taught during the third year. In the first term the anatomy and physiology of the domestic animals are taught by lectures, demonstrations, and dissections. Post-mortems of healthy and diseased animals are made, so that the students may become practically acquainted with the tissues in health and in disease. The second term is devoted to the study of veterinary medicines, their actions and uses, and to lectures on the principles and practice of veterinary science. During the entire year practical instruction is given in clinical work at the