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west side of a long- main walk ten feet in width. Paths five feet 

 wide lead from this walk between the rows of gardens, and there 

 are walks three feet wide between each garden. Corn is planted 

 on the north end of each garden so that the wider walk takes the 

 shadow. On the east side of the main walk are arranged observa- 

 tion plots in which are grown about one hundred herbaceous and 

 annual flowers and one hundred and fifty different kinds of other 

 plants, including all the cereals, market garden crops, fibre plants, 

 many of the legumes, forage crops, medical and pot herbs. 



The buildings at the Hartford School of Horticulture. 



The garden courses begin with the fourth year pupils in Jan- 

 uary ; the third year pupils in February ; the second year pupils in 

 March ; and the first year pupils about the first of May, according 

 to the season. The work taken up by the advanced pupils is 

 making hot-beds ; hot-bed mats of rye straw ; glazing, painting 

 and repairing sash ; drawing original garden plans ; various 

 methods of grafting, and making the grafting wax, cord and 

 cloth ; physical analysis of soil ; study of soils and plant foods ; 

 notes and practical work in taking cuttings, both hard and soft 

 wood ; pruning ; spraying with insecticides and fungicides ; spad- 



