August 21, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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FLORICULTURE AT THE UNIVER- 

 SITY OF ILLINOIS. 



With the opening of the college year, 

 the University of Illinois will offer a 

 regular course in floriculture leading 

 to the degree of Bachelor of Science in 

 Floriculture. The work required for 

 this degree will include, besides the 

 floricultural subjects of which every 

 florist should have a working knowl- 

 edge, such siibjects which not only 

 broaden the student btit are necessary 

 for a successful career. In other words 

 the object of the course is to give in- 

 struction in those branches which will 

 fit men and women for the floricul- 

 tural profession. 



The requirements for admission to 

 this course are those which govern ad- 

 mission to the College of Agriculture. 

 Entrance may be secured three ways: 



1. By diploma of graduation from 

 an "accredited" high school. 



2. By examination. 



8. By earning entrance credits in 

 the academy or by private instruction. 



These points are fully elaborated in 

 the catalogue issued by the College of 

 Agriculture. 



The equipment for carrying on the 

 work of the course will consist of a 

 service building, four greenhouses and 

 the gardens. 



The service building is a one-story 

 plaster structure containing a large 

 and well lighted work room, offices, 

 cutflower cool-room, storage rooms 

 and a boiler room. These rooms are 

 equipped with the necessary tools for 

 the operation of the plant. 



Connected with the service building, 

 by a corridor or connecting house, are 

 four greenhouses each 105 x 28 feet, 

 and, while primarily intended tor ex- 

 perimental purposes, furnish much ma- 

 terial for class work. The facilities 

 for instruction will be greatly in- 

 creased by devoting one of these en- 

 tirely to the general work of the 

 course. 



Those buildings are all of the best 

 type of modern construction and make 

 a model commercial plant. The build- 

 ings are heated from an independent 

 heating plant thus giving an excellent 

 chance for the study of greenhouse 

 heating. The remainder of the green- 

 house equipment is that of a commer- 

 cial place. 



The experimental work being car- 

 ried on in the houses is all on a com- 

 mercial scale and is open to study by 

 all students in floricultural work. 



Fronting the service building is a 

 sunken garden about 200 x 250 feet, 

 filled with various kinds of tender bed- 

 ding plants. This garden, as well as 

 the herbaceous garden, is open to the 

 use of the students. 



Instruction will be carried on much 

 in the same manner as in the other 

 courses by means of lectures, quizzes, 

 and laboratory work. The laboratory- 

 work will consist of actual practice in 

 the greenhouses so that the student 

 mav become familar with both the 

 methods and the plants. It is intended 



Floricultural Greenhouse, University of Illinois 



to develop a student, who upon gradu- 

 ation, will be fitted to enter a corainer- 

 cial position. 



The greater part of the work of the 

 course is composed of subjects which 

 are required of all candidates tor the 

 degree of Bachelor of Science in Flori- 

 culture. These subjects are arranged 

 in a definite order representing the 

 logical order of presentation. The 

 student is also allowed to elect such 

 other courses as he desires, in order 

 to fill out the number of hours neces- 

 sary for graduation. 



The subjects required of all students 

 in floriculture are as follows: 



Plant Houses — A study of construo- 

 tion, heating, ventilation, cost and 

 maintenance. 



Plant Propagation — Study of graft- 

 age, layerage, seedage, etc. 



Spraying — The theory and practice 

 of spraying for insects and fungi. 



Landscape Gardening ^ A general 

 course. 



Evolution of Horticultural Plants — A 

 study of modifications of plants under 

 culture. 



Principles of Plant Growing — Prep- 

 aration of soils, potting, watering, etc. 



Commercial Crops — Growing of 

 plants and cut flowers for market. 



Decorative and Bedding Plants — A 

 study of tender plants for greenhouse 

 and out-of-door decoration. 



Garden Flowers— Growing of annu- 

 als, herbaceous perennials and shrubs. 



Floral Decorations — Use of plants 

 and cutfiowers in designs, baskets, dec- 

 orations, etc. 



cultural subjects the following general 

 subjects are also required: 



Principles of fruit growing, seeds, 

 soil physics and management, soil fer- 

 tility, fertilizers and rotations; plant 

 histology and physiology, plant morph- 

 ology, plant pathology, entomology, 

 chemistrj', zoolog>', wood shop practice, 

 economics, English literature, rhetoric, 

 thrommatology, military science, phys- 

 ical training. 



While all the floricultural subjects 

 have been primarily designed to be 

 units in a course in floriculture, any of 

 them may be taken by students in the 

 university provided they have the nec- 

 essary qualifications to admit them to 

 the classes. 



For further information regarding 

 the course, a catalogue may be secured 

 by addressing the undersigned or the 

 Dean of Agricultural College at Ur- 

 bana. 111. H. B. DORNER. 



VISIT OF RHENISH NURSERYMEN 

 TO TREVES. 



In connection with the recent con- 

 gress of Rhenish nursery proprietors 

 at Treves (Trier) the members of the 

 Handelsgartnerverbandes (Unions of 

 nurserymen) of the Middlerhein and 

 Rhein-Mosel made an excursion to 

 that town on July 31, last. The mem- 

 bers had received invitations from the 

 following firms at Treves to inspect 

 their establishments, viz: P. Lambert, 

 J. Lambert & Sons, Lambert & Reiter, 

 J. Reiter & Sons, Miller, Langsur and 

 others. For the reasons that the town 

 occupies a wonderful position on the 

 Mosel, has fine vineyards round about, 

 and remarkable nurseries in its vicin- 

 ity, and not least, its buildings from 

 the times of the Romans (the Porta- 

 nigra, amphitheatre, imperial palace, 

 baths, etc.) it is a place much visited 

 by strangers; and one in which those 

 who are not temperance advocates can 

 enioy a drop of excellent Mosel wine, 

 and refresh themselves, when money 

 plays no role, with delicious Berncast- 

 ler Doctor, and Frau Doctor Tanisch's 

 Anslesi, it was not a matter for won- 

 der that the invitation was gleefully 

 accepted by members from far distant 

 places.— M. H. in Die Gartenwelt, July 

 31 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The eleventh annual convention 

 opened in Seattle, Wash., on August 

 9, for a three days' session. The morn- 

 ings were devoted to business and the 

 afternoons to visits to the many beau- 

 tiful park's and the Exposition grounds. 

 Oflicprs for 1910 were elected as fol- 

 lows: President, W. S. Manning, Bal- 

 timore- vice-presidents, G. A. Parker, 

 Hartford, Conn., E. T. Mische, Port- 

 land. Ore., J. G. Morley, Los Angeles, 

 M H. West, Chicago, W. J. Zartman, 

 Brooklyn; secretary-treasurer, P. G. 

 Mulford. Harrisburg was chosen for 

 the convention of 1910. 



New Haven, Conn.— The New Haven 

 Nurseries is the firm name assumed 

 bv A. T. Osterman and L. A. Soldar, 

 who are just starting in the nursery 

 business at 123 Church street. 



