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six inclusive. ^Mounts, cliarts, and diagrams are made. The stu- 

 dent becomes familiar with actual material. The course is en- 

 tirely practical, work being done in both field and laborator\'. Fee, 

 $10. {Not offered in 1930^31.) Mhs Shaw.' 



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

 sions. Idiis course is es])ecially helpful to teachers. The ])rin- 

 ciples of horticulture are considered and applied in a practical 

 way through greenhouse, laboratory, and lecture work. The green- 

 house work includes the following su])jects: plant propagation by 

 means of bulbs, rhizomes, roots, seeds, etc.; the care of the green- 

 house; house plants; window-box materials; fertilizers. Insect 

 and fungous pests, grafting, and pruning are also included from 

 both a practical and a theoretical point of view. C7(/,s\s- liiiiifed to 

 60 members. Fee, $15. Wednesdays, 4 p.m., beginning Oetoher 

 ^- Miss Shaw and Mr. Free. 



B4. Pedagogy of Botany and Educational Principles of Chil- 

 dren's Gardening and Nature Study. — {Not given in 1930-31.) 



B5. Children's Garden Practice. — Fifteen sessions. This 

 course is entirely ])ractical and includes all the outdocjr work of the 

 student in his own garden, applying the princi])les of agriculture 

 and gardening, work with children in the garden. Open only to 

 those who have taken the si)ring course in 1930. No fee. Mon- 

 days, 4 ]).m., beginning Oetoher 6. Miss Shaw and Miss Dorward. 



B6. Field Botany. — Thirty sessions. This is mainly an out- 

 door course, given in the P>otanic (kirden and Prospect Park, hav- 

 ing for its chief ol)ject an acquaintance with the plants one meets 

 with commonly in Greater New York and vicinity, including seed 

 plants (trees, .shrubs, and herbs), ferns, mosses, and hepatics, 

 algae, and fungi. Fee, $5. {Not offered in 1930-3F) 



Dr. Graves and Miss Pusk. 



B7. Greenhouse Work. — l'hirt\- sessions. A course for those 

 interested in the propagation and care of house plants. Lessons 

 in repotting ferns ; forcing blooming plants ; shaping plants ; jjlant 

 insects and diseases ; making window boxes, Wardian cases, and 

 desert gardens, will be carried on in the greenhouses. Emphasis 

 will be laid on ])roblems of a ])ractica] nature. Limited to those 

 who have taken P)3. Fee, $15. lliursdays, 4 p.m., beginning 

 October 2. IMiss Shaw and ^Ir. Free. 



