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C10. Special Work for High School Pupils—A course in 
gardening or greenhouse work adapted for high school pupils. 
Classes to be arranged for by the high school teacher. fee for 
materials used. Miss Shaw and Assistants. 
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D. Course for Student Nurses 
D1. General Botany With Special Reference to Medicinal 
Plants.—A course of 10 spring and 10 fall conferences, demon- 
strations, and field trips for student nurses. The general prin- 
ciples governing the life of plants, as well as the use and care of 
flowers and potted plants in the sick room will be considered. 
Special attention will be paid to the identification of officinal plants 
in the field. Hours to be arranged. WNo fee. Dr. Graves. 
E. Consultation and Independent Investigation 
1. Consultation 
Consultation and advice, and the facilities of the laboratories, 
library, and herbarium are freely at the service of members of the 
Beene Garden and (to a limited extent) of others with special 
problems relating to plants or plant products, especially in the 
following subjects: 
1. Plant diseases (phytopathology) and classification of 
fungi (mycology). Wee wced: 
2. Plant geography (phytogeography) and ecology. 
Di ovenson. 
3. Classification and identification of flowering plants (sys- 
tematic botany). Special groups studied in the Garden, supple- 
uaa by herbarium studies. Dr. Gundersen. 
. The growing of cultivated plants and their arrangement; 
fe their adaptation to soils, climate, and other factors (horticul- 
ture and gardening). Nis Bit ee: 
2. Investigation * 
For the following research courses, open to those properly quali- 
fied for independent investigation, there is a charge covering all 
* Courses of graduate rank offered by the Botanic Garden, when approved 
by the Faculty of the Graduate School of New York University, are listed 
