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The institute follows plans prepared by the city. The grounds are 

 to be maintained, the buildings heated and lighted, salaries paid, 

 equipment bought, etc., by the city. It is free to the public at all 

 times. The institute has a director, a curator of plants, a curator of 

 public instruction, an honorary curator of economic plants, a con- 

 sulting landscape architect, a head gardener, and a foreman. 



The total cost is to be approximately $300,000. 



Instruction is given as follows : 



1. Garden practice. — A course in outdoor work, open only to those 

 pupils who are recommended by their teachers for excellence in 

 nature study in their schools. The work includes the raising of 

 common vegetables, flowers, and fiber plants. 



2. Nature study.— Spring course : The structures and germination 

 of seeds: the parts of a plant and their uses; relation of the plant to 

 soil. air. water, and light. The course consists of actual study of 

 the plants themselves, with experiments and greenhouse work done 

 by the children : no bookwork, no home work, no examinations. Open 

 to children from <S to 12 years of age. Fall course : A similar course 

 will be given in the fall. 



3. Back-yard gardens. — Assistance in planning and planting home 

 gardens. Open to children whose names are sent in by their princi- 

 pals, teachers, or parents. 



HOUSEHOLD BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE. 



1. Kitchen gardening. — A short course designed for those women 

 who desire to work in their own small gardens, and, for those inter- 

 ested in domestic science. Garden plans, preparation of seed beds, 

 tools, varieties of seed, seed sowing, and cultivation. 



5. The small flower garden. — Plans, color schemes, preparation of 

 garden beds, planting, transplanting, cultivation, the wild-flower 

 garden. 



6. Indoor plant culture. — A course for those who enjoy raising 

 plants in their homes. Bulbs, house plants, window-gardening 

 methods of propagating plants in the house. 



7. Landscape design. — Three illustrated lectures on the principles 

 of landscape design for small areas ; supplemented by three field 

 excursions. 



8. Bacteria and pther micro -organisms in the home. — Eight periods 

 devoted to lectures, laboratory work, and conferences on the occur- 

 rence of bacteria, yeasts, molds, and other micro-organisms in the 

 home, in water, sewage, etc. 



Xote: Courses 4 to 8, inclusive, are open free to members of the 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on presentation of member- 

 ship certificates : to all others there is a nominal charge of 50 cents 

 for each course to cover incidental expenses. 



9. The garden week by iveek. — Fall course: Lessons on the prepa- 

 ration for winter, outdoor planting of bulbs, winter cover crops, 

 taking up and storing of plants. Spring course: Practical work, 

 taking up garden operations, and those things which should be done 

 each week in preparation for the outdoor season. Greenhouse and 

 outdoor practice, with a few explanatory lectures. 



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