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ing on the size of the garden. Vhe garden session begins April 24. 
Vhe head garden teacher is Miss Miner. 
D. Course for Student Nurses 
D1. General Botany With Special Reference to Medicinal 
Plants——A course of 10 spring and 10 fall lectures, demon- 
strations, and field trips for student nurses. Arranged in co- 
operation with various hospitals. The general principles govern- 
ing the life of plants, as well as the use and care of flowers and 
potted plants in the sick room, will be considered. Special atten- 
tion will be paid to the identification of officinal plants in the field. 
Hours to be arranged. No fee. Dr. Graves. 
E. Investigation 
1. Graduate Work for University Credit 
By the terms of a cooperative agreement between New York 
University and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, properly qualified 
graduate students may arrange to carry on independent investiga- 
tions in botany at the Garden under the direction of members of 
the Garden Staff, who are also officers of instruction in the Grad- 
uate School of the University. The advantages of the library, 
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laboratories, herbarium, and collections of living plants at the 
Garden are freely at the disposal of students registered at New 
York University for such work. Such properly enrolled graduate 
students are charged no additional fees by the Garden. The fol- 
lowing courses are approved by the faculty of the Graduate School 
of New York University and are given credit as full courses: 
E6. Research in Mycology and Plant Pathology.—Investi- 
gation of problems relating to fungi and fungous diseases of plants. 
Dr. Reed. 
E8. Research in Forest Pathology—lInvestigation of the 
diseases © 
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| woody plants. Dr. Graves. 
E9. Research in the Structure of Flowers. |r. Gundersen. 
E10. Research in the Systematic Botany of the Flowering 
Plants. Dr. Svenson. 
