83 



Note. — Lectures, recitatioiis. and laliinatoiy cxci-tiscs are to receive their due 

 apportionment with all the ciops. 



To the last division, landsc-ipc lioitirnllurc. ."'.it lioni-s is triven. 



HORTKUI/nUK, V. I.AMISCAl'K 1 1( IIM 1( TI.TIRE — .SO HOIRS. 



The couiuiittee had dilticulty in deciding' npon an ontlinc for landscape hor- 

 ticulture, so it was decided to assi.L'n .".d lioni-s Uty tli.it snh e -t Ait'i-int an 

 outline. 



OTHER KEATIRES OK THE COIRSE. 



There are a few features which we wish to hrinj; ni» for discussion. In the 

 first place, referrinj; to the course reconmiended by the comnuttee on methods 

 of teachinf: aj,M-icidtnre. you will see that in tli<' freshman year 1."»(» hours are 

 given to i)liysics. l.~><t hours to chemistry. !."> hoiu's to ue imetry and ii'ijronnm- 

 etry, 12(» honrs to IOnf,'lish. and ISO hours to modern lanuua^es. etc.. as follows: 



.{(/riciilfindl coiirnc in collcf/c." 



"A general outline of this course, without reference to its division according to years, 

 was given in the second report of this committee. (See l". S. Depf. Agi-., Office of Ex- 

 perin:ent Stations Bui. 40 and ('ire. 37.) The miniber of hours assi.t;ned to each sub.iect 

 includes the time .given to hiboratory exercises, each of which would occupy two hoiu's. 

 Thus, for example. 1.50 hours of physics may he divided into 60 lectures or recitations 

 and 45 (=00 hours) laboratory exercises. Our committee lias not attempted to say how 

 the time should be divided between lectures or recitations and lalioratory exercises, hut 

 presupposes that a reasonable numbei- of laboratory exercises or practicums will be given 

 in all the science courses. 



A committee on courses in botany, which reported to this association two 

 years ajro. recommended that this subject be .siven 240 hours instead of the 

 180 assigned in the above outline. Botany, as the table shows, begins in the 

 sophomore year and ends in the .iunior year. Horticulture is largely economic 

 botany. It is absolutely necessary that horticultui-e should have a good 

 foundation in botany, and if tlie botany is not begun until the sophomore year 

 and is finished in the junior year, of coui'se it is impossible to get horticulture 

 until tlie last or senior year. 



I api)reciate very much the work that the committee has done in recom- 

 mending this course in agricultui-e. I do not care to criticise tliis course in 

 any way. but. looking at it fr.im a horticultural st:ind]»oint. I wish to bring 

 out some of the features that the horticultural men of this committee criticise, 

 respecting the question of horticulture. We are fairly well satisfied, in a way, 

 with 180 hours for horticulture, but we do not like its placing in the course. 

 Also, the coiu-.se is not elastic enough for one bearing so general a title. Hor- 

 ticulturists feel that they are interested in the general agricultural course as 



