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The 75 class exercises per week here tabulated (each 
extending over three months), may be grouped under 
subjects as follows :— 
Gardening: 
Floriculture. .... ccc cece cece ccccececcesccscccccscese 8 
Vegetable gardening........-- ‘glee Vie'w'e bd § ORG OR TREE 4 
Wyit. CULWAIG 6 000.6000 cece econ vececccccece seceeces anes 8 
FOrestry 1.2 ccccce sees cece eeeree cece eee eeeeeeeeeees 3 
Landscape gardening .---<sssseeeeerereeree cree cceees 3 
Selected thesis WOrk....2.seesceecccececeescsvececens 4 380 
Surveying and drainage.......sesseseeeceeeeeceeeeeeeeeee 6 
Bookkeeping and accounts. ..--..-e rece rece rece cee eereee 4 
Economic entomology ...---+++-+++eeeeeee Side odedecseeiss 5 
Botany in its relation to gardening: 
General botany.....escececese sees cenecnceereuse ar 
Botany of decorative plantS...- ++... eereeerereces case 
Botany of hardy woody plants...---+++++++esseee sees 3 
Botany Of fruits..... 0.02 seee cece eee eee sete teen eeeee 2 
Botany of vegetables. ......+eeeeee rece cece cece ee rene 1 
Botany Of Weeds... see seee cece ceeece cere ceteee sees 1 
Economic mycology ---.+ sees cece cece cece cece cece cees 7 
Vegetable physiology...+ +--+ +++- sees ceceee sree ceees 3 30 75 
Subjects capable of being taught in the laboratory, the 
greenhouse, or the field, are so taught, and all of the theo- 
retical instruction is expected to be practically tested in 
the performance of manual labor, to which the entire first 
year, and half of each day through the remainder of the 
course, is devoted. Vacations are granted from July 1 to 
15, and December 21 to January 4, inclusive. 
THE SCHOOL OF BOTANY. 
On the opening of the college year 1894-5, the instruc- 
tional force of the School of Botany was increased by the 
appointment of Mr. Orville L. Simmons as instructor in 
cryptogamic botany, Mr. C. H. Thompson continuing to 
act as general instructor. In the spring of 1894, a course 
of Saturday lectures and demonstrations in pollination and 
plant fertilization was given by me at the Garden to 33 
persons, laboratory work was given to 3 teachers, and two 
