24 State Horticultural Society. 



gardening 48, fruit culture 96, forestry 36, landscape gardening 36, 

 surveying and drainage 72, bookkeeping 48, economic entomology 60, 

 general botany 96, botany of decorative plants 60, botany of hardy 

 woody plants 36, botany of fruits 24, botany of vegetables 12, botany 

 of weeds 12, economic mycology 24, vegetable physiology 48, geograph- 

 ical botany 12, special thesis work 12. The general botany, economic 

 mycology, and vegetable physiology are regular courses offered at the 

 school of botany, tuition free for Garden pupils, the other branches being 

 taught at the garden. In the floricultural work is given the methods 

 of greenhouse construction, heating, and ventilating, the propagation, 

 care, and culture of the various decorative plants; vegetable gardening 

 comprises the special care and culture of the various culinary vegetables 

 and fruit culture the nursery and orchard management of all fruit plants; 

 forestry covers the various methods of propagating forest trees, the uses 

 for which each is especially adapted, the planting and management of 

 forests in general and their effects on climate; landscape includes the 

 construction of roads and walks, the methods of planting, grading, 

 arrangement of plants, and a study of the principles involved ; surveying 

 and drainage are given to the extent of enabling the student to lay out 

 roads and walks and locate objects in a given area together mth leveling, 

 the principles and practice of tile drainage and the use of engineering 

 instruments; bookkeeping to the extent of enabling one to keep a syste- 

 matic, intelligent, and accurate account of a moderately large business 

 establishment; entomology to the extent of enabling a student to classify 

 insects, familiarizing him with the habits and life history of the more 

 important economic groups and to apply remedies and preventatives; 

 economic mycology embraces the classification and life history of fungi, 

 algae and lichens, but especial reference is given to fungus diseases 

 and the application of preventatives and remedies; vegetable physiology 

 embraces a study of the functions of plant organs, the roots, stems, leaves, 

 conduction of sap, respiration, etc. Special theses work comprises an 

 exhaustive study of some selected subject which the student may be 

 especially desirous of investigating. 



Nineteen pupils have been admitted to the scholarship course since 

 its inauguration in 1890, six of which are now pursuing their studies. 

 Six of the others left before completing the course, two leaving to accept 



