MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 109 
The courses in landscape architecture are arranged to 
start the student properly in the study of this profession. 
The Garden has an excellent collection of the best books on 
various phases of the subject, which are constantly referred 
to. In the course in principles of landscape gardening, 
study is made of the best American and foreign examples 
of the art. In landscape design the student gets valuable 
practice in the design of home grounds, country estates, 
parks, and playgrounds, and as much time as possible is 
devoted to drafting and rendering, in all courses. With its 
numerous and varied gardens, its excellent collection of 
plants, and its new undertakings, the Garden is particularly 
well equipped for instruction and practice in planting de- 
sign. The course, called here garden architecture, is 
intended to familiarize the student with the various styles 
and monuments of architecture, as well as to provide practice 
in the design of the minor architectural structures associated 
with gardens. 
The courses in surveying and construction give the stu- 
dent thorough practical knowledge of those branches of 
those subjects particularly essential to the landscape archi- 
tect and gardener. In addition to the theoretical instruc- 
tion in surveying, all students, in their morning work, re- 
ceive considerable practical training in making and plotting 
topographical surveys, in leveling, staking out new build- 
ings and gardens, and in setting grades and batter boards. 
The transit and stadia are most frequently used in the mak- 
ing of our topographical surveys, with triangulation as the 
basis of the operation. In construction the student keeps 
in constant touch with the new developments of the Garden 
and with various engineering undertakings in the city. The 
lectures and designs are devoted sepecialls to those types of 
structures so important to landscape developments, consid- 
erable attention being given to grading design and earth- 
work computations. Greenhouse construction involves the 
eee: of various types and methods of construction and 
eating. 
The courses are arranged so that all theoretical instruc- 
tion is given in the afternoon. The morning work com- 
prises practical application in the various departments of 
the Garden and enables the student to come into actual con- 
tact with culture and care of a large and varied collection 
of plants. This affords the student an opportunity to apply 
the theoretical knowledge gained to practical details, and 
results in the rare product, who may be placed in a respon- 
sible position upon graduation, with every chance of. success. 
