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ling sictions of cypress and iron-frame 

 llioust^', asd in planning and estimating 

 Ithe co*^* •^ commercial ranges for flower 

 and \egetable uroduction. 



Coiiimereiiil Floriculture. — Studies in 

 Ithe propagation and culture of the lead- 

 ing lidfiCHltural crops. As facilities 

 permit, students are assigned space in 

 the jieenhouses for practical experi- 

 ence n the growing of roses, carnations, 

 chryyiuthemums, violets, sweet peas, 

 I and ti.e Mke. 



Coitimereial Floriculture. — A continu- 

 ation of the course described above, 

 with lectures, assigned reading and dis- 

 cussi*' '3 on greenhouse plants and on 

 I the V'^^^^& handling and marketing 

 of cut flowers and plants for retail and 

 wholesale markets. 



Greenhouse and Garden Practice. — 

 Desiji'ied to give the student added 

 practical knowledge of greenhouse and 

 gardt !i work. Practical work in green- 

 house management, propagation, com- 

 posting soils, potting and watering. 



Floral Arrangement. — A study of the 

 principles of floral art. Practice in the 

 arrangement of flowers in designs and 

 bouquets, baskets, table decorations and 

 interior decoration. 



Conservatory Plants. — A study in the 

 culture and uses of tropical and sub- 

 tropical plants grown in conservatories, 

 including palms, ferns, begonias and 

 orchids. 



Garden Flowers. — Designed to ac- 

 quaint the student with garden plants, 

 and to give practical knowledge of the 

 propagation and culture of the annuals, 

 herbaceous perennials, bulbs and shrubs 

 used for cut flowers or in ornamental 

 planting. 



Amateur Floriculture. — The propaga- 

 tion and culture of plants suitable for 

 window garden and dooryard, including 

 a study of containers, soils, fertilizers, 

 insecticides; also, preparation of flower 

 beds and planting. 



Propagation and Culture of Orna- 

 mental Shrubs. — Designed to acquaint 

 the student with methods of propaga- 

 tion, pruning and culture of shrubs. 



Gardening. — A personal and informal 

 course for lovers of plants and gardens. 

 The course consists of actual work in 

 the identification and growing of plants, 

 supplemented by conferences and infor- 

 mal discussions. Attention is given to 

 garden literature and history, planning 

 of grounds, and the like. 



Investigation in Floriculture. — Inves- 

 tigation of problems in growing cut 

 flowors, exotics and garden flowers; hy- 

 bridizing; study of varieties. 



Winter Course. 



A Winter course, covering a period of 

 tweive weeks, has been oflfered for the 

 ^ast three years. This course begins 

 -November 11, 1913, and ends February 

 off l!i^^' '^^^ following subjects are 



^.Floriculture- and Greenhouse Prac- 

 ice. A study of the propagation, pot- 

 ^^g, soils, enHure, insects, diseases and 

 raark.ting of flowers. Designed to fa- 

 ™"""\ze the student with the ordinary 

 den"^ '*'*'°* of the greenhouse and gar- 



^Jl"'^'''ng Structures.— The construction 

 * ''^** ^^ hotbeds, coldf rames and in- 

 Jp- isive greenhouses; heating. Lab- 

 inp ""^y ^ork will consist of plan-mak- 

 J. preparation of estimates and erec- 

 tion of models. 



soi'I'^V'**^ of the Land.— A study of 

 Doift «"' *'*® chemical and physical 

 *^ •'" of view, with discussions of fer- 



George B. Hart and His Pi ize Auto Decoratioo. 



tilizers, manures and the principles of 

 plant growth. 



Soils.' — A study of the derivation, 

 classification, function and properties of 

 soils. 



Plant Diseases. — This course is de- 

 voted to the consideration of some of 

 the common bacterial and fungous dis- 

 eases of plants. It includes a study of 

 the causal organisms, their relation to 

 the host plants and their control. 



"- 1. Elective Subjects. 



The following subjects are open to 

 the choice of the students: 



Plant-breeding. — A discussion of 

 plant improvement with special refer- 

 ence to farm and horticultural crops. 

 Methods of selection and hybridization 

 as means of improvement are carefully 

 considered. 



Extension. — A study of" the problems 

 of university extension in agriculture. 

 Practice in the oral and written pres- 

 entation of topics in agriculture, with 

 criticism and individual conferences on 

 the technique of' public speech. 



Rural Improvement. — A course of six 

 lectures, commencing after the Christ- 

 mas recess, dealing with questions of 

 rural improvement and intended to give 

 the farm boy a general view of land- 

 scape art, together with specific hints 

 for working out some of his home prob- 

 lems. 



Inveetigations by the Department. 



Because of the lack of greenhouse fa- 

 cilities, investigations in floriculture 

 have been confined to outdoor problems. 

 In 1904 the American Peony Society 

 and the department of horticulture at 

 Cornell University arranged a cooper- 

 ative experiment for the purpose of 

 studying all the varieties of peonies. 

 The objects sought were to bring order 

 out of the confusion of nomenclature 

 so as to furnish growers with the cor- 

 rect names and accurate descriptions of 

 authentic varieties; to study the bo- 

 tanical status of the species and varie- 

 ties, and to study methods of culture, 

 varieties best adapted for special pur- 

 pose?, use of fertilizers, keeping quali- 

 ties and the like. The same general 

 work has been undertaken with sweet 

 peas and gladioli in cooperation with 



the National Sweet Pea Society and the 

 American Gladiolus Society, respective- 

 ly. 



In addition to the above, large col- 

 lections of China asters, irises, peren- 

 nial phloxes and climbing roses are 

 being planted for investigative pur- 

 poses. Four publications on peonies and 

 two on sweet peas have been printed. 

 Others will appear as results are ob- 

 tained. 



HAET'S PBIZE- WINNING FLOAT. 



The floral float shown on this page 

 was one of the two entered by florists 

 which won first prizes in the floral and 

 electrical parade held July 8 in con- 

 nection with the Elks' convention at 

 Rochester, N. Y. George B. Hart, who 

 entered the float, is seated in the back 

 seat of the car. The frame of the per- 

 gola is made of wire covered with white 

 cloth and the decorations are rambler 

 roses and Asparagus plumosus. 



PORT ALLEGANY OTAKSA8. 



M. E. G. Ventres, proprietor of the 

 Port Allegany Greenhouses, at Port 

 Allegany, Pa., is not a specialist in 

 hydrangeas in the sense of devoting 

 most of his time to them, for he grows 

 a general line of stock and sells it at 

 both wholesale and retail. But he does 

 aim to be a specialist in hydrangeas 

 in the sense of giving special attention 

 to their culture and using his best skill 

 in an effort to produce plants of a spe- 

 cially high grade. As evidence of the 

 success of this endeavor, he has sub- 

 mitted some photographs, one of which 

 is here reproduced. It shows three 

 plants of Hydrangea Otaksa, taken 

 from a large number of others of equal- 

 ly good quality. From three to Ave 

 blooms, he says, had been cut from 

 each of the plants before the photo- 

 graph was taken. 



Bichmond, Ind. — J. E. Jones, of the 

 Advance Co., is at Lake James with 

 his family for an outing of two weeks. 



CUnton, Ind. — ^Hetnuu^ G^ HersSiagr has 



rented his plant at Marshall, 111., to 

 Miss Blanch Williams and now occupies 

 the Sunnvside Greenhouses here. 



