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5. Arboriculture. — Cultivation, increase and descrip- 

 tion of the cliief kinds of woods with information of their 

 decorative value for landscape gardening. 



6. Landscape gardening and design. — Sketches and plans 

 of gardens and pleasure-grounds. 



7. Land surveying and levelling. 



8. Lessons in soils and manures. 



9. Botany, anatomy, physiology. — Systems, morphology 

 and geography of plants, diseases of plants. 



10. Chemistry. — ^The most important constituents of 

 organic and inorganic chemistry, and the most important 

 minerals for plants. 



11. Zoology. — Animals hurtful or beneficial to pomology 

 and horticulture. 



12. Geometry. 



13. Binding, tying. 

 ^ 14. Bee-rearing: 



15. The most important and practical legal knowledge. 



16. Book-keeping and correspondence. 



17. Instruction in management. 



The practical work is carried on under the guidance 

 and supervision of a head-gardener, which work must be 

 done unconditionally according to the arrangement of 

 the head or his substitute.- Work begins in summer at 

 seven o'clock, in winter at eight. 



The plan of work, containing all details, is settled at 

 the beginning of every session. Hohdays of three weeks 

 at Christmas, and of fourteen days in summer. The 

 students must leave the institution during the Christmas 

 holidays, owing to the necessary yearly repairs. Per- 



