July 24, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



125 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



The demand for graduates has been 

 greater during the past season than 

 the supply. Several changes have 

 been introduced in the course to be 

 given by the floricultural department 

 during the coming year. Up to the 

 present time the course has been 

 given only in the senior year, but 

 next year it vfill be extended to the 

 junior year. 



During the first half year a practical 

 course in greenhouse management will 

 be given. There will be no definite 

 lecture work but the students will be 

 taught to do the practical work which 

 gees with the management of a com- 

 mercial establishment. Students select- 

 ing this course will be expected to 

 arrange their hours according to the 

 needs of the work. 



During the second half year the in- 

 struction given will be in greenhouse 

 design, construction and heating. The 

 course for the first semester of the 

 senior year will be in the care and 

 management of greenhouse crops, de- 

 sign work and the retail trade. Dur- 

 ing the second half year the instruc- 

 tion will be in spring greenhouse crops. 

 In this course it is intended to give 

 more attention to the treatment of 

 outdoor herbaceous material, which 

 should form such a prominent feature 

 of florist work. The Short Course in 

 Floriculture will be given during Jan- 

 uary and February, the same as last 

 year. 



The department has recently re- 

 ceived from a manufacturing company 

 a complete model of their return steam 

 trap for greenhouses. This model will 

 be used for class-room demonstration. 

 The action of this firm is greatly ap- 

 preciated by the college and it is hoped 

 more firms may co-operate in this way, 

 so the instruction may be more and 

 more practical and helpful along all 

 lines. 



USEFUL BOOKS. 



We can supply the following bocks, 

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The American Carnation. C. W. 

 Ward. Price, $3.50. 



Chrysanthemum Manual. Smith. 

 Price, 40 cents. 



The Chrysanthemum. Herrington. 

 Price, 50 cents. 



Manual of the Trees of North Amer- 

 ica. C. S. Sargent. Price, $6.00. 



Soils: How to Handle and Improve 

 Them. S. W. Fletcher. Price, $2.20. 



Daffodils-Narcissus and How to Grow 

 Them. A. M. Kirby. Price, $1.10. 



The Art of Landscape Gardening. 

 By Humphrey Repton. Price, $3.20. 



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