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28 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, 
The 77 class exercises per week here tabulated (each 
extending over three months), may be grouped under sub- 
jects as follows: — 
Gardening: 
BIOFICUICUTS.... 0000 ccoseescccccccersececscscesseccecesees 8 
Vegetable gardening. ..o...60 cscnntccascnccckssbsshaneat 4 
Fruit culture...cssccccccscccccceccoscce eercesccscccesess B 
FOreBtry «sees cccccees Sasseceaseveiybes > ou sees coer eeeent OB 
Landschpe gardening. ... 6 66 ewiste red cece e's oceees Eee 3 
Selected thesis work......... e cccccedcccescccccceisocess 4° 90 
DUP VGI Ot Wtaeee 665i 5 60 5520s hac ones cnme ba ames s 6 
Bookkeeping and accounts........e6+2 seeees oecescccevescce 4 
Economic entomology. .o.se.sscsceccsdccescovccescssseccescs 5 
Botany in its relation to gardening: 
General botany ........ Mule cospeeeues vee rhnabesenveeaseee D 
Botany Of Gecorative plants . ..250.cccecccerccaccsscce secs 5 
Botany of hardy woody plants....... Trepp ett ery eye 3 
Botany of fruits...200. 2.056 eT EEK Ee ry oe ie Ne 
Botany of vegetables. .cicc icccsccccdcveccccccccensssecs L 
Botany of weeds......s.e0seeees Svdv teevvesevecseccscoes | 
Botanical geography. .cscessscceccscrscevcscecsessvesees 1 
Economic MyCOlogy..ssss secs cccsccccccercescscescceece 7 
Vegetable physiolOgy....-sccccssscccccscccvceccesecesese 4 82 77 
All of the subjects capable of being taught in the labora- 
tory, the greenhouse, or the field, are so taught, and all 
of the theoretical instruction is expected to be practically 
tested in the performance of the manual work required of 
students, the object being to make practical gardeners and 
not botanists or other scientific specialists of garden pupils. 
In addition to the matters directly connected with the 
administration of the Garden, the will of its founder pro- 
vides for the removal of his city residence to the vicinity of 
the Garden;* the erection of a convenient residence for a 
curator of the mausoleum, the museum and the adjoining 
grounds ;{ and four annual events:{ the preaching of a ser- 
mon ‘on the wisdom and goodness of God as shown in the 
growth of flowers, fruits, and other products of the vege- 
* Rept. 1343. + Rept. 1:50. t Rept. 1: 49. 
