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Girls' Spring Course. — (a) Saturday mornings, 9-10:15, Feh- 

 ruary 6 to April 3. (b) Saturday mornings, 10:30-11:30, Feb- 

 ruary 6 to April 3. Miss Woodward, Miss Hickok. 



A4. Advanced Work for Older Boys and Girls. — How to raise 

 plants, mix soils, transplant, start seedlings for outdoor gardens, 

 etc. Boys and girls who have taken spring courses under A4 are 

 eligible for advanced work. The fee for the course is twenty-jive 

 cents. Each student may take home his plants and seedlings. 

 This course is open to both boys and girls over twelve years of 

 age. Saturday mornings at 9 :30, January 9 to March 27. 



Miss Hammond. 



A5. The Beginners* Garden. — Open annually to 50 boys and 

 girls who have never had instruction in gardening at the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden. This course takes up the subject of the small 

 garden, what to plant, how to plant it, care, replanting, etc. Ap- 

 plication for plots shoidd he made in person or in writing before 

 March 1. Size of plots 8 ft. by 10 ft. All crops belong to the 

 individual. Fee, tiventy-five cents. Saturday mornings, 9-12, 

 April 17 to October 2. Miss Woodward. 



A6. Second Year Gardens. — Open to 50 boys and girls who 

 have had one or more seasons at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardenia 

 continuation of Course A3. Registration should be made before 

 September 1 of each year for the following year. Fee, hventy- 

 five cents. Saturday mornings, 9-12, April 17 to October 2. 



Miss Hickok. 



A7. Junior Garden Assistants. — Open to older boys and girls, 

 or to those who have mastered Courses A2 and A4. Size of plot 

 10 ft. by 20 ft. These gardens are for the raising of vegetables. 

 The work is in the nature of a project, " How much can one raise 

 on a plot 10 ft. by 20 ft. ? " Hours to be arranged. The student 

 must put in at least two periods a week during the summer vaca- 

 tion, and, if possible, three. Registration date: April 2. Fee, 

 fifty cents. Miss Hickok. 



A8. Advanced Nature Work. — A course designed for those 

 older boys and girls who have taken Courses A1-A5. Herbarium 

 specimens will be prepared and the simpler principles of plant 

 classification studied. Projects will be assigned to individuals. 



