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ing for its chief object an acquaintance with the plants one meets 
with commonly in Greater New York and vicinity, including seed 
plants (trees, shrubs, and herbs), ferns, mosses, hepatics, algae, 
and fungi. fee, $10. Wednesdays, 4 p.m., beginning September 
30. Dr. Graves and Miss Rusk. 
B7. Greenhouse Work.—Thirty sessions. A course for those 
interested in the propagation and care of house plants. Lessons 
in repotting ferns; forcing blooming plants; shaping plants; plant 
insects and diseases; making window boxes, Wardian cases, and 
all carried on in the greenhouses. [Emphasis 
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will be laid on problems of a practical nature. Limited to those 
who have taken B3 and planned to follow this course. Fee, $15. 
Mondays, 4 p.m., beginning October 5. Miss Dorward. 
B8. Plant Culture.—A course of twenty weeks duration for 
those who have taken B3 and B7. No credits are given for this 
course. Fee, $15. Thursdays, 4 p.m., beginning October 22. 
Miss Shaw. 
B9. Economic Plants.—Thirty sessions. The most impor- 
tant economic plants of the world are considered—their history, 
culture, formation of their useful products, and the extraction 
and preparation of the latter by man. Herbarium specimens and 
other material, as well as living plants in the conservatories and 
plantations of the Garden will be used for demonstrations. Be- 
cause of its practical applications, this course will be of especial 
value to teachers. Fee, $10. (Not offered in 1931-32.) 
Dr. Cheney: 
C. Children’s Courses 
The following courses are open to all boys and girls. Enroll- 
ment in these courses entitles the boy or girl to membership in the 
Boys’ and Girls’ Club of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This club, 
having an active membership of about 1,000, meets twelve times a 
year for discussion of subjects related to plant life. Papers, by 
members, on various botanical and horticultural subjects, are read 
at these mectings, and the speakers are then entitled to a silver pin, 
providing they have satisfactorily completed courses of study at 
the Garden extending over at least six months. For information 
concerning Children’s Room, the Children’s Garden Building, and 
Children’s Garden, see page 277. 
