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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



given to studies, distributed as is shown in the annexed 

 schedule. 



COURSE OF STUDY. 



Year. Term. 



Studies. 



PER WEEI . 





April 



to 

 Jaue. 



Floricult- 

 ure, 8 

 exercises 

 weekly. 







Surveying 



1 exercise 



weekly. 



Drainage, 



2 exercises 



weekly. 



• 



SECOND. 



July 



to 

 Sept. 



Floricult- 

 ure, 



3 





Small 



Fruit 



Culture, 



3 







6 



Oct. 



to 



Dec. 



Floricult- 

 ure, 



1 



Element- 

 ary 

 Botany, 

 2 



Orchard 

 Culture, 



2 



Surveying, 

 1 





8 





Jan. 



to 



Mar. 



Floricult- 

 ure, 



1 



Element- 

 ary 

 Botany, 

 2 



Orchard 

 Culture, 



1 



Surveying, 



1 



Botany 



of 



Weeds, 



1 



6 





April 



to 

 June 



Vegetable 

 Gardening 



4 



Botany 

 of 



Vegetables 

 1 



Landscape 

 Gardening 



1 







6 



THIRD. 



July 



to 

 8ept. 





Uotany 

 of 



Fruits, 



1 



Landscape 

 Gardening 



1 



Fungi, 

 3 



Book- 

 Keeping, 



1 



6 



Oct. 



to 



Dec. 





Botany of 



Treesand 



Shrubs, 



2 





Fungi, 

 8 



Book- 

 Keeping, 



1 



6 





Jan. 



to 

 Mar. 





Twigs of 



Woody 



Plants, 



1 



Landscape 

 Gardening 



1 



Fungi, 

 2 



Book- 

 Keeping, 



2 



6 





April 



to 

 June 



Economic 

 Entomol- 

 ogy, 

 1 



Botany 

 of 



Ferns, 

 2 





Special 

 Theoretic'l 

 Gardening 



2 



Garden 

 Accounts, 



1 



<J 





July 



to 

 Sept. 



Economic 

 Entomol- 

 ogy, 



1 



Botany of 



Garden 



Flowers, 



2 



Forestry, 

 2 







6 



FOURTH. 



Oct. 



to 



Dec. 



Economic 

 Entomol- 

 ogy, 

 2 



Botany of 



House 



Plants, 



2 



Forestry, 



l 



Vegetable 

 Physiology 



1 





1 





Jan. 



to 

 Mar. 



Special 



Theoretic'l 



Gardening 



2 





Forestry, 



Seeds and 



Seedlings, 



1 



Vegetable 

 Physiology 



2 



Garden 

 Accounts, 



1 



6 



Of the 72 weekly exercises (each for three months) there 

 shown, 20 are given to gardening proper, inclusive of fruit 

 culture, 9 to surveying, drainage and landscape gardening, 

 6 to book-keeping, 7 to economic entomology, 5 to forestry, 

 and 25 to botany, in its strictest applications to gardening. 

 All of the studies capable of being so taught are taught in 



