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B3. Principles of Horticulture—Thirty sessions. lor teach- 
Lessons in potting and general care of house plants; 
ers only. 
bulbs ; 
methods of plant propagation, including the planting « 
making cuttings (soft wood, and leaf); sowing seeds; preparing 
for the outdoor garden. Most of this work is carried on in the 
Emphasis will be laid on problems of a practical 
Wednesdays, 4 p.m., beginning 
Miss Shaw and Assistant. 
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greenhouses. 
nature. Two credits. fee, $10. 
September 25. 
B7. Greenhouse Work.—Thirty sessions. for teachers only. 
A continuation of Principles of Horticulture and open to students 
who have taken B3. Further study of plant-propagation methods : 
arrangement of plants in hanging baskets, window boxes, dishes, 
of certain house plants and winter-flowering 
Mr. L. Gordon Utter will give four lectures, 
and practical work in methods and results of 
etc.; special culture 
greenhouse plants. 
with demonstrations 
plant breeding. Two credits. Fee, $10. Tuesdays, 4 p.m., be- 
Miss Shaw. 
ginning September 24. 
B8. Plant Culture—A course of twenty weeks duration for 
those who have taken B3 and B7. Work entirely in the green- 
house. No Board of Education credits are given for this course. 
Fee, $10. Thursdays, 4 p.m., beginning October 17, Mass Shaw. 
*B10. Flowering Plants: Field and Laboratory Study.— 
Thirty sessions. The object of this course is to become acquainted 
with species of wild flowering plants (including weeds), and to 
Field and laboratory work are dis- 
learn how to identify them. 
yer, the season, and the needs of the 
tributed according to the weatl 
class. The field work is done largely in the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden. The laboratory work consists of examining flowering 
plants and identifying them by means of a key, and of pressing, 
drying, and mounting plants for permanent specimens. Prerequi- 
Two credits. Fee, $10. 
site: an elementary course in botany. 
Miss Rusk. 
Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m., beginning September 11, 
*B13-14. Trees and Shrubs of Greater New York.—Twenty 
two-hour sessions. A course of outdoor lessons in the parks and 
woodlands of Greater New York, the principal object being to gain 
a ready acquaintance with the common trees and shrubs of the 
astern United States, which are well represented in this region. 
The species are considered in systematic order, in both winter and 
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