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Principles of Agriculture and Horticulture (formerly B3; now 
discontinued). Lessons in potting and general care of house 
plants; methods of plant propagation, including the planting of 
bulbs; making cuttings (soft wood, hard wood, and leaf) ; sowing 
seeds; insect pests; plant diseases; making dish gardens; prepar- 
for the outdoor garden. Most of this work is carried on in 
the greenhouses. Emphasis will be laid on problems of a practical 
nature. Two credits. Fee, $10. Wednesdays, 4 p.m., begin- 
ning September 20. Miss Shaw and Miss Dorward. 
B4. Educational Principles of Children’s Gardening and 
Nature Study.—Fight two-hour sessions. No credit allowed 
except for members of B2, Nature Study Course. fee, $5, ex- 
cept to students of B2, Nature Study. Tuesdays, 4 p.m., begin- 
ning January 29, 1935. Miss Shaw. 
B5. Children’s Garden Practice —(Not offered in 1954-35.) 
Miss Shaw. 
B7. Greenhouse Work.—(Jncluded under b3 for 1934-35.) 
Miss Dorward. 
B8. Plant Culture—Twenty sessions. Any student who 
has taken Principles of Agriculture and Horticulture (formerly 
B3; now discontinued) and Greenhouse Work, and is desirous 
of a place in the greenhouse for independent work with a monthly 
conference, should apply for this privilege on October 4. No 
credit. Fee, $10. Thursdays, 4 p.m., beginning October 18. 
Miss Shaw. 
C. Children’s Courses 
The following courses are open to all boys and girls between the 
ages of eight and eighteen. [Enrollment in these courses entitles 
the boy or girl to membership in the Boys’ and Girls’ Club of the 
3rooklyn Botanic Garden. Papers by members of the Club, on 
rarious botanical and horticultural subjects, are read at the meet- 
ings, and the speakers are then entitled to silver pins, providing 
they have satisfactorily completed work for their bronze medals 
and have received them. For information concerning the Chil- 
dren’s Room, the Children’s Building, and the Children’s Garden, 
see pages 238-239, 
C1. Fall Greenhouse Work.—The following courses are 
given for boys and girls interested in greenhouse work and botani- 
