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work is done in field and laboratory. Laboratory and field work 
has double time, or two hours for a one-hour count. 
Dr. Gundersen and Mr. Stoll. 
B3. Principles of Agriculture and Horticulture——Thirty ses- 
sions, Wednesdays at 4, beginning September 29. Fee $5. 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 with 
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- 
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 character are inherited; 
sex in plants and the methods of crossing; human heredity. 
White, Miss Shaw, and Mr. Free. 
B4. Pedagogy of Botany and Educational Principles of Chil- 
dren’s Gardening and Nature Study.—Thirty sessions, Thursdays 
at 4, beginning September 30. Fee $5. Discussion of the mental 
processes involved in learning and teaching science, and the fun- 
damental principles which underlie and point the way to labora- 
tory 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 principles discussed. This 
course includes all the modern phases of the subject and is so 
arranged that it may be taken directly into classroom work. Gar- 
dening as a factor in civic education is a key note. 
Dr. Gager and Miss Shaw. 
Bs. Garden Practice.—Thirty sessions of three hours each, 
beginning Saturday, October 2, at 9 a. m., or hours to be arranged 
in summer session. Fee $5. This course is entirely practical and 
