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and includes laboratory and all the outdoor work of the student 

 in his own garden, applying the principles of agriculture and gar- 

 dcning and also work with children in the garden. Three hours 

 of practice counts as one credit hour. Practice may be taken 

 Saturday mornings in May and Tunc, or in hours arranged. 



Ninety hours is the minimum in this course, but students may 

 profitably put in a greater number of hours to the maximum of 

 630 hours, or seven college credits. ■ Miss Shaw. 



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C. Courses for the General Public 



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Courses C1-C9 are free to members of the Botanic Garden, 

 They are free to the general public except where otherwise speci- 

 fied. Those planning to take any of this work are asked to regis- 

 ter at the Garden at least one week before the course opens, so 

 that adequate arrangements may be made for materials, etc. They 



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arc open to both men and women, but no course w^ill be given to 

 a class of less than six. 



Ci, Plants in the Home. How to Grow Them. — Five talks 

 with demonstrations. Practice in potting, mixing soils^ making 

 cuttings, etc. This course deals with the principles to be followed 

 in raising plants. The members of the class have the privilege of 

 keeping the plants raised by them. A fee of one dollar will be' 

 charged. TJiursday afternoons, at 4 o'clock, February 5 to 



Mr. Free. 



C2. Planning the Garden.— Four lessons. Arrangement of 



flowers to secure continuous bloom, color schemes, planting of 



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trees, shrubs and plants to best advantage, cropping plans to pro- 

 vide a succession of vegetables throughout the year. Thursdays 

 at 4 o'clock, March 10 to 31. No fee. Mr. ^Free. 



. C3. The Flower Garden. — Making the most of it. How to 



improve soils, and get results from planting; old-fashioned flow- 

 ers; annuals; summer bedding; vines for screening unsightly ob- 

 jects, rose and shrub growing, pruning, making a lawn and ^keep- 

 ing it up. Five lectures. Fee, one dollar. Thursdays at 4, April 



March ? 



May 



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C4. Gardening in the Fall. — Six lessons showing how to make 

 cuttings, plant bulbs, care for tender plants, how and what to 



