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ow the garden will furnish material of educational value, 
alive with interest, which will aid and inspire the regular class- 
room studies of Sone writing, arithmetic, language, drawing, 
geography, and history. 
Instruction oa “ given, by lectures, practice work, an 
reading, in those subjects needed by teachers in school garden 
riments. 
Laboratory and garden tools will be supplied without charge. 
e fee for each course will be twenty-five dollars, which will 
include necessary materials and supplies. 
A certificate will be awarded by The New York Botanical 
Garden to students satisfactorily completing the course. 
Lectures. 30 One-hour Periods. 
Introduction: The sch garden an educational laboratory, 
planned for the aa development. The teacher's atti- 
de 
Correlation: Examples of how to use the garden problems in 
classroom work. 
diera the school garden: The ground plan and planting 
sc 
Soil ee feral Fertilizers and manures. 
eeds: Selection. ianae Planting. Transplanting. 
Thinning. Proper 
Relation of water, air, eh to the garden. 
Insects and animals e garden 
Hygiene and ee ae lessons drawn from the garden 
work and study, to be applied by the teacher in guiding the 
child at work, and in talks in the classroom 
Studies of growing plants. Lessons in observation. 
Short histories of several vegetables. Uses. 
Elementary forestry and soil conservation 
Garden Practice. 30 One-hour Periods 
Spading, raking, hoeing, ahaa planting, thinning, trans- 
planting, weeding. Weed and insect studies. Harvesting 
and exhibit preparation. og and special observation. 
