Harvesting. Cold Frame Practice. Collecting Seeds. 
Winter Care of Vegetables and of Fruits. 
. Flower Gardening. 
Selection of sites and soil. Preparation of soil. Fertil- 
izers. Spading. Trenching. Drainage. Hoeing. Raking. 
Sowing. Weeding. Transplanting. Cultivation. Watering. 
Selection of kinds of Flowers. Spraying. Collecting Seeds. 
Cold Frame Practice. Mulching. Propagation. Care o 
roots and tubers. Cutting and arrangement of Flowers. 
Water Gardens. Rock Gardens. 
Nursery Practice. 
Planting and Transplanting. Cultivation. Watering. 
Weeding. Spraying. Grafting. Budding. 
Care of Trees and Lawns. 
Pruning and Spraying of Trees. Elimination of Boring 
Insects. Top-Dressing. Mowing and Weeding of Lawns. 
Felling Trees. Treatment and Care of Woodlands. 
. Garden Carpentry and Painting. 
. Training of Teachers for School Gardens. 
Special six-weeks courses in spring and summer. 
On December 18, 1918, the Federal Board for Vocational Edu- 
cation, following consultations with its officials, submitted a 
form (V R 91) to be filled out giving details of organization and 
personnel of instructors, which was returned to that Board on 
December 21, rors. After further consultation, the following 
correspondence ensued : 
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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 
January 9, T919 
Mr. Artuur W. GRirFin, Acting D. V. ¢ 
“ederal Board for Vocational E tection 
280 Broadway, New York Cit 
Aly dear Mr. Griffin: 
In consultation with Dr. W. Gilman Thompson, after my inter- 
esting interview with you yesterday, w hen we discussed the for- 
mation of a class for instruction in gardening here, as outlined 
in Previous consultations and communications, we suggest that 
instead of taking up your plan for assembling students elsewhere 
in the city or vicinity until six or cight are brought together, that 
the assembling be done here. 
