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in the greenhouse, and the making of garden plans. All candidates 

 for the outdoor garden must lie in spring classes. Enrollment 

 limited to 200. Fee, fifteen cents. Sat unlay mornings, 9-11:15, 

 February 28 to April 11. 



IV. Outdoor Garden Course. — The outdoor garden is open 

 throughout the summer season, and time is arranged to lit in with 

 children's vacation schedules. No child is assigned an outdoor 

 garden who has not had the spring preparatory work. Group lim- 

 ited to 200 children. Fee, twenty-five or thirty-five cents, depend- 

 ing on the sice of the garden. The garden session hegins April 25. 



D. Courses for Special Groups 



Dl. Medicinal Plants. — A course given in both spring and 

 fall, for nurses-in-training, arranged in cooperation with various 

 hospitals. Outdoor trips in the Botanic Garden and trips in the 

 greenhouse to see officinal plants and tropical food plants. Lec- 

 tures on the care of (lowers and plants in the sick room, and 

 demonstrations of a few of the major principles governing the lilt* 

 of plants. Hours to be arranged. Xo fee. Dr. Graves. 



D2. Trees and Shrubs: Spring Course for Employees of 

 the Park Department and Others. — Ten trips in the parks 

 and woodlands of New York to become acquainted with the com- 

 mon kinds of woody plants, both native and cultivated, during the 

 growing season. The habits, rate of growth, economic value, and 

 importance in forestry, horticulture, and landscape art are dis- 

 cussed. AYe to non-members, $5; free to members of the Garden. 

 Thursdays, 2:3(1 p.m., April 16 to June 18. First meeting at 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Park employees will arrange with 

 their supervisors the necessary time for attending. 



Dr. Graves and Mr. Doney. 



D3. Trees and Shrubs: Fall Course for Employees of the 

 Park Department and Others. — Ten trips in parks and wood- 

 lands of New York to become acquainted with the common kinds 

 of woody plants, both native and cultivated. Similar to D2 except 

 that in this fall course the winter characters are studied. Fee to 

 non-members, $5; free to members oj the Garden. Thursdays, 



