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0. Manures and fertilizers. 



7. l*riining and training — for growth and for fruit. Fruit 

 buds, wounds, bush fruit, grapes, fruit trees, shade trees, 

 shrubs, hedges, etc. 



8. Protection against frost and freezing — burying, mulch- 

 ing, wrapping, shading, whitewashing, etc.; foretelling frost; 

 relation of maturity to hardiness; of soil moisture to winter 

 injury. 



9. Protection against insects, rodents, diseases, etc.; types; 

 preparation of spraying mixtures, use of spray pumps, etc. 



10. Harvesting and storing fruit and vegetables. 



11. Classification of shade trees, shrubs, hardy flowers, an- 

 nual flo\\'ers, vegetables, fruits, etc. 



12. Plant improvements — variation and inheritance of 

 plant characters, hy})ridization, selection, etc. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



The laboratory exercises include drawing plan for (1) the 

 ornamental planting of the school ground or of the home 

 grounds, (2) small orchard and garden. (3) Preparing hot- 

 bed and sowing vegetable seeds in it. (4) Sowing vegetable 

 and flower seeds in flats indoors. (5) Preparing seed bed and 

 sowing seeds in the school garden. (6) Seed testing. (7) 

 Stratifying peach pits. (8) Scalding honey locust seeds. 

 (9) Examining the bulbs of tiger lily, corms of gladiolus, tip- 

 layers of black raspberry. (10) Separating stools of canna 

 and rhubarb. (11) Making and storing hard wood stem cut- 

 tings of grape, willow and various hardy shrubs; (12) root 

 cutting of horse radish; (13) leaf cuttings of bryophyllum; 

 (14) soft wood stem cutting (slips) of geranium, etc. (15) 

 Pieparing grafting wax, (16) Making root-grafts of apple. 

 (17) Budding willow cuttings. (18) Transplanting trees, 

 shrubs, and small plants. ( 19 ) Examining and using garden 

 cultivators. (20) Mulching trees and plants. (21) Study- 

 ing fruit beds. (22) Pruning trees, shrubs, and small fruits. 



