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actual material. This course is entirely a practical one. The 

 work is done in field and laboratory. Laboratory and field work 

 has double time, or two hours for a one-hour count. 



Miss Shaw and Mr. Stoll. 

 B3. Principles of Agriculture and Horticulture. — Thirty ses- 

 sions, Wednesdays at 4, beginning September 28. Fee $j. This 

 course will be specially helpful to teachers. The principles of hor- 

 ticulture are considered and practically applied through green- 

 house, laboratory^ and lecture work. All laboratory work is given 

 double time. The greenhouse work includes the subject of plant 

 propagation, and the student does his work of investigation w^ith 

 bulbs, roots, rhizomes, seeds, etc. The care of the greenhouse, 

 home plants and window box materials is taken up. The subjects 

 of soils, fertilizers, hotbeds, home plants and window box ma- 



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terials is taken up. The subjects of soils, fertilizers, hotbeds, cold 

 frames, tools and implements, and cropping, seed sowing, culti- 

 vating^ insect and fungous pests, grafting, and pruning are all 

 practically and theoretically covered. Problems of heredity, vari- 

 ation and environment, and their bearing on education, illustrated 

 by demonstration material obtained from plant-breeding experi- 

 ments and by lantern slides. Lecture subjects: Kinds and extent 

 of variation in plants and animals; how characters are inherited; 

 sex in plants and the methods of crossing; human heredity. ^ 



Dr. White, Miss Shaw, and Mr. Free. 

 B4. Pedagogy of Botany and Educational Principles of Chil- 

 dren's Gardening and Nature Study. — ^Thirty sessions, Thurs- 

 days at 4, beginning September 2g. Fee $^. Discussion of the 

 mental processes involved in learning and teaching science, and 

 the fundamental principles which underlie and point the way to 

 laboratory and field work. After this a course of study in gar- 

 dening and nature study based on the school syllabus is worked 

 out and the basic psychological and pedagogical principles dis- 

 cussed. This course includes all the modern phases of the sub- 

 ject and is so arranged that it may be taken directly into class- 

 room work. Gardening as a factor, in civic education is a key 



note. ■ Dr. Gager and Miss Shaw. 



B5. Garden Practice. — Thirty sessions, beginning Friday^ Sep- 

 tember 30, at 4 p. m. Fee ^5. This course is entirely practical 



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