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Laboratory work. Six Wednesdays, 4-5 p. m., March 5 to 
April 9. Miss Shaw. 
Bs. Nature Study.—Nature in relation to gardens and plant 
life. Topics: plant structure; fruit and fruit formation ; weeds ; 
weed dispersal; insect pests ; birds in their relation to agriculture ; 
garden friends; shrubs; shade and lawn trees. Twenty lectures, 
with field work. Tuesdays, 4-5 p. m., March 4 to June 3 and 
September 16 to October 21. Miss Shaw and assistants. 
B6. Fungus and Insect Pests.—l our lectures and demonstra- 
tions on the occurrence of and methods of combating the com- 
moner fungus and insect pests of garden and greenhouse plants. 
Mondays at 4 p. m., May 26 to June 16. Dr. Olive, Mr. Free. 
By. Fall Garden Work.—Practical work with the outdoor bulb 
bed, harvesting of garden crops, indoor planting of bulbs, raising 
plants indoors, the window box. Five lessons on W ednesday 
afternoons 4-5, October I-29. Miss Shaw. 
B8. Pedagogy of Botany.—A brief 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. Three successive Wednesday afternoons 
4-5, November 5-19. Dry Gager. 
Bo. Genetics.—Four lectures on the 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 ex- 
tent of variation in plants and animals; How characters are in- 
herited; Sex in plants and the methods of crossing; Human 
heredity. Tuesdays 4-5, October 28 to November 18. 
Dr. White. 
Bro. Woodwork.—The construction of simple garden appa- 
ratus, such as window boxes, flats, sieves, tampers, dibbers, etc. 
Saturdays 10-12, February 8 to March 15 or October 4 to No- 
vember 8. Mr. Stoll. 
Bri. Practical Garden Work.—A summer’s work with chil- 
dren in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden under supervision. The 
students also have their own gardens and definite garden lessons. 
