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The individual student may apply at any college for credits on 
these courses, which will be granted according to individual merit. 
Bi. General Botany.—Thirty sessions. A course designed to 
make clear the fundamental principles of morphological and physi- 
ological botany. With a view to correlation with the other courses 
described below, emphasis is laid upon the higher plants, particu- 
larly their classification and physiology, and in connection with the 
latter subject a consideration of plant diseases from a practical as 
well as theoretical viewpoint is also included. Fee, $5. Thurs- 
days, 4 p.m., beginning September 25. Dr. Graves. 
B2. Nature Study.—Thirty sessions. This course covers the 
plant material used in teaching nature study, and includes the 
identification of the common trees, shrubs, plants, wild flowers, 
and weeds. Mounts, charts, and diagrams are made. The stu- 
dent becomes familiar with the actual material. The course is 
entirely practical, work being done in both field and laboratory. 
Two hours of such work are weighted as one hour. Fee, $0. 
Tuesdays, 4 p.m., beginning September 23. Miss Hammond. 
B3. Principles of Agriculture and Horticulture-—Thirty ses- 
sions. This course will be especially helpful to teachers. The 
principles of horticulture are considered and applied in a practical 
way through greenhouse, laboratory, and lecture work. The 
greenhouse work includes the following subjects : plant propagation 
by means of bulbs, rhizomes, roots, seeds, etc.; the care of the 
greenhouse ; home plants; window-box materials; fertilizers. In- 
sect and fungous pests, grafting and pruning are also included 
from both a practical and a theoretical point of view. Fee, $7. 
Wednesdays, 4 p.m., beginning September 24. 
Miss Shaw and Mr. Free. 
_ B4. Pedagogy of Botany and Educational Principles of Chil- 
dren’s Gardening and Nature Study.—Thirty sessions. Discus- 
sion of the mental processes involved in learning and in teaching 
science and the fundamental principles which underlie and point 
the way to laboratory and field work. After this a course of 
study in gardening and nature study, based on the school syllabus, 
is worked out and the basic psychological and pedagogical prin- 
ciples discussed. This course includes all the modern phases of 
