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WINTER COURSE 
A22. Trips to the Tropics.—Iour guided tours through the 
Conservatories of the Botanic Garden, with informal, non-techni- 
cal talks on interesting plants. 
1. Foods from far-off lands. 
2. Desert gardens. 
3. Orchids and pond weeds. 
4, Plants of prey. 
No fee. Saturday afternoons at 2:00. January 21, 28, February 
4,18. Class limited to twenty. 
Dr. Graves and Miss Vilkomerson. 
SPRING COURSES 
*A9. Trees and Shrubs in Spring and Summer.—Ten out- 
door lessons in the parks and woodlands of Greater New York. 
Sinular to A5, except that the different species are studied in their 
spring and summer conditions. Iee, $5. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m., 
April 15 to June 17. Dr. Graves and Miss Vilkomerson. 
All. Wild Flowers and Ferns of the New York Region.— 
Six sessions, in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and in the wood- 
lands near the City, for field identification of flowers and ferns 
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of spring and early summer. Fee, $3. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m, 
April 29 te June 3. First meeting at the Botanic Garden. 
Miss Rusk. 
A20. Garden Plants and Flowers.—.\ course of lectures dis- 
cussing the cultivation, propagation, and landscape uses of special 
groups, illustrated with lantern slides and living plants, with ac- 
companying tours in the Botanic Garden. Where possible, propa- 
gative material will be distributed to class members. A limited 
number of bearded iris plants will be available for distribution to 
those taking the course. To derive the most benefit from the 
course, one should have a knowledge of the elements of gardening 
equivalent to that presented in courses Al or A25. The following 
dates have been chosen to accord with the time when the particu- 
lar plant group is at its best in the Garden. 
