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to the living material in the conservatories and the outdoor planta- 

 tions. Fee, $5. Wednesdays, 4 p.m., beginning September 30. 



Dr. Graves. 



B2. Nature Study. — Thirty sessions. This course covers the 

 plant material used in teaching nature study, and includes the 

 identification of the common trees, shrubs, plants, wild flowers, 

 and weeds. Mounts, charts, and diagrams are made. The stu- 

 dent becomes familiar with the actual material. The course is 

 entirely practical, work being done in both field and laboratory. 

 Two hours of class work are credited as one hour. Fee, $5. 

 Tuesdays, 4 p.m., beginning September 29. Miss Hammond. 



B3. Principles of Agriculture and Horticulture. — Thirty ses- 

 sions. This course will be especially helpful to teachers. The 

 principles of horticulture are considered and applied in a practical 

 way through greenhouse, laboratory, and lecture work. The 

 greenhouse work includes the following subjects : plant propaga- 

 tion by means of bulbs, rhizomes, roots, seeds, etc. ; the care of the 

 greenhouse ; house plants ; window-box materials ; fertilizers. In- 

 sect and fungous pests, grafting and pruning are also included 

 from both a practical and a theoretical point of view. Fee, $7. 

 Wednesdays, 4 p.m., beginning September 30. 



Miss Shaw and Mr. Free. 



B4. Pedagogy of Botany and Educational Principles of Chil- 

 dren's Gardening and Nature Study. — Fifteen sessions. Discus- 

 sion of the mental processes involved in learning and in teaching 

 science, and the fundamental principles which underlie and point 

 the way to laboratory 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 prin- 

 ciples discussed. This course includes all the modern phases of 

 the subject and is so arranged that it may be applied directly in 

 classroom work. Fee, $5. Thursdays, 4 p.m., October 1 to Jan- 

 uary 28. Dr. Gager and Miss Shaw. 



B5. Garden Practice. — Fifteen sessions. This course is entirely 

 practical and includes all the outdoor work of the student in his 

 own garden, applying the principles of agriculture and gardening, 

 work with children in the garden, basketry and woodwork. Fee, 



