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Class E.—Silver Pin work as applied to greenhouse and garden 
work. The members of. this class will be selected from students 
eligible for this work. Given in January and February, 1930. 
Fee, twenty-five cents. Mrs. Bartlett. 
A2. Junior Gardeners’ Course.—This is a course for boys 
14-17 years of age. Lessons are given in the care of border and 
other flower beds, in the weeding and care of small vegetable 
gardens, in mowing and watering lawns, repotting plants, etc. 
This is planned to fit boys for summer work and to enable them 
to obtain positions. Hours to be arranged. Fee, fifty cents. 
Miss Sargent. 
A3. Preparation for the Outdoor Garden.—The following 
classes are open to boys and girls during the spring of each year. 
The courses are planned for a better understanding of plant life 
and so that the outdoor garden may become a more intelligent 
piece of work. On account of limited space in the Children’s 
Greenhouse, classes are limited to twenty. The fee for each 
course is fifteen cents to cover the cost of material. 
Boys’ Spring Course.—(a) Saturday mornings, 9-10:15, March 
Ito April 12. (b) Saturday mornings, 10:30—-11 :30, March 1 to 
April 12. Mrs. Bartlett and Miss Marcy. 
Girls’ Spring Course.—(a) Saturday mornings, 9-10:15, March 
Ito April 12. (b) Saturday mornings, 10:30-11 :30, March r to 
April 12. Miss Sargent and Mrs. MacColl. 
A4. Advanced Work for Older Boys and Girls——How to 
raise plants, mix soils, transplant, start seedlings for outdoor gar- 
dens, etc. Boys and girls who have taken spring courses under 
A5 are eligible for advanced work. The fee for the course is 
twenty-five 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, beginning February r. 
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 should be made in person or in writing before 
March 1. Size of plots 8 ft. by ro ft. All crops belong to the 
individual. Fee, twenty-five cents. Saturday mornings, 9-12, 
May 10 to October 4. Miss Sargent and Assistants. 
