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C6. Fall Flowers and Fruits.—Six outdoor lessons, chiefly in 
the Botanic Garden. The distinguishing features of the more 
common kinds of native and cultivated fall flowers and fruits are 
studied, as well as the different types of fruits. Fee, $1.50. 
Tuesdays, 4 p.m., September 23 to October 28. Dr. Gundersen. 
D. Course for the Training of Gardeners 
The following course for the training of gardeners is planned 
to meet the needs of students of the Federal Board for Vocational 
Education, but is open to all who meet the necessary requirements. 
Requirements: 
Age.—At least 18. 
Personality—To be satisfactory to Botanic Garden authorities. 
Education —Schooling through at least the first two years of 
high school, or its equivalent in experience and general intelli- 
gence, to be decided by personal conference. 
Enrolment.—Students may, for the present, enter the course at 
any time. 
Continuation.—Students who give evidence that they are not 
likely to succeed in gardening will not be allowed to continue the 
course, 
Vacations—Four weeks distributed throughout the year. 
First Year 
First Quarter 
1. Garden and Greenhouse Practice.—Iive days a week; hours 
9-12, 1=2: 30. 
Care of tools, care of cold frames, making a hotbed, seed sow- 
ing, transplanting, lawn making, hoeing and cultivating, spraying 
for insect and fungous pests, watering, winter protection of plants, 
manuring, harvesting and storing, staking and tying, supports for 
climbing plants, pruning, and repair of trees, propagation by seeds, 
cuttings, layers, budding and grafting; care of rock garden, peren> 
nial garden, bedding plants, aquatic garden, wild garden; making 
up window boxes and hanging baskets; transplanting trees and 
shrubs, etc. 
