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includes laboratory and all the outdoor work of the student in his 
own garden, applying the principles of agriculture and gardening 
and also work with children in the garden. Three hours count as 
one credit hour. 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. 
C. Courses FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC 
Courses C1-C13 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 
are open to both men and women, but no course will be given to 
a Class of less than six. . 
C1. Plants in the Home. How to Grow Them.—Five talks 
with demonstrations. Practice in potting, mixing soils, making 
cuttings, ete. 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. Thursday afternoons at 4 o'clock, February 5 to 
March 4. Mr. Free. 
C2. Planning the Garden.—Four lessons. Arrangement of 
flowers to secure continuous bloom, color schemes, planting of 
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 11 to April r. 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 
&§ to May 6. Mr. Free. 
C4. Gardening in the Fall.—Six lessons showing how to make 
cuttings, plant bulbs, care for tender plants, how and what to 
grow. fee, one dollar. Thursday afternoons from 4 to 5, Sep- 
tember 30 to November 4. Mr. Free. 
