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Olericulture 



25. Elementary Vegetable-Growing. The principles of vegetable-growing 

 as applied in commercial and home production. Important vegetable crops 

 — their adaptation, culture, special requirements, varieties, enemies, mar- 

 keting, and protits. The laboratory work includes exercises in management 

 and planning", the growing of early plants under glass, and the planting and 

 care of early outdoor vegetables. Each student assumes charge of his own 

 plantings, carrying them through to the end of the term. 



26. Vegetable-Forcing. VegetaI)le-growing under glass. Important forcing 

 crops. Laboratory will consist of practical work in crop production. Each 

 student will be assigned a plot in the greenhouse on which he will grow 

 vegetables to maturity, assuming full charge except in heating and ventila- 

 tion. This will be supplemented by descriptive studies. 



27. Systematic Olericulture. Lectures and descriptive studies dealing with 

 vegetable crops, their origin and botany. Special attention will be given to 

 varieties, and their adaptation to different cultural and market conditions. 

 The important commercial types of the different vegetables are grown in the 

 garden each year and there is an abundance of first-hand material for the 

 course. 



28. Advanced Oericulture. The student's time will be divided between 

 advanced systematic and cultural studies of vegetable crops, and the study 

 of a special problem to be agreed upon. An excursion to two or three im- 

 portant vegetable-growing centers will constitute a part of this course, the 

 cost being eight to ten dollars ; date to be announced later. Work and exer- 

 cises in the planning and management of greenho"use establishments. 



Advanced and Special Courses 



^2. Elementary Horticulture. This course aims to emphasize principles 

 and practices involved in the cultivation of garden plants grown for pleasure 

 or profit. It includes the propagation, botany, culture, and economic uses 

 of plants. Some attention is also given to garden-making. Designed for teachers 

 of nature-study or of elementary agriculture. 



^^. Nuciculture. Lectures on the practical and systematic phases of nut 

 culture, with special reference to the cultivation and improvement of the 

 forms native to the United States. The Morris collection of edible nuts of 

 the world in the Department of Horticulture furnishes abundant material for 

 illustrating the lectures. The Robert T. Morris prize of twenty-five dollars 

 for proficiency in propagating nut trees is offered in this course. 



34. Subtropical Pomology. A study of citrus and other tropical fruits, 

 with special reference to American conditions. Copiously illustrated. Labora- 

 tory work in describing and judging the various fruits. 



35. Literature of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening. A compre- 

 hensive survey of the writings of European and American authors, with special 

 reference to the evolution of horticultural methods. 



36. Evolution of Plants. Historical development of theories of evolution; 

 recent theories, including a careful examination of present-day methods. 

 Practice in the greenhouse in the technique of plant-breeding. 



37. Investigation. The student is assigned a subject which, as far as pos- 

 sible, combines original research with bibliographical methods. 



38. Seminary. Required of advanced students who elect Horticulture 37, 

 and of all graduate students. 



