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real test of education, and is the final demarcation between 
the civilized man and the savage. The attending of lectures,, 
the participating in class discussions, the studying of the 
text-book and of reference-books, the performing of specific 
field and laboratory exercises — all these have as their pivotal 
point — their vital essence — the definite Training to Do. This 
Education for Service — the pith and strength of modern col- 
legiate teaching, is often unnoticed by the casual observer 
of pedagogic methods. 
V. The Courses. 
The Department offers four regular courses in Botany, and 
three in Horticulture. 
Each course is presented from a twofold viewpoint — first, 
the fundamental principles of the subject; second, the ap- 
plications of these principles, especially as exemplified in Ha- 
waii, and in similar tropical and subtropical countries. The 
courses are as follows : — 
1. The Alorphology and Physiology of Plants. 
2. Systematic Botany. 
3. Dendrology. 
4. Elementary Bacteriology. 
5. General Horticulture. 
6. The Propagation of Plants. 
7. Tropical and Subtropical Emits. 
VI. Equipment. 
The equipment of the Department includes a lecture room 
seating fifty, standard laboratory apparatus and supplies 
(Eig. 1), a stereopticon, wall charts, collections of lantern 
slides, photographs, models and other illustrative material. 
The library is carefuly chosen, and includes standard period- 
icals. 
Two herbaria are gradually developing — one of typical 
species illustrating the Hawaiian flora, for taxonomic work ; 
the other is a garden herbarium, to contain the species and 
varieties of cultivated plants. _ 
The microscopical equipment is thorough and of the best 
quality, affording opportunity for advanced histological, patho- 
logical, and embryological work. 
The Department has a very good set of field instrum.ents, 
including photographic equipment, for use in botanical and 
biological survey work. 
The engineering laboratory has a high-grade materials- 
testing department, and its work in timber-testing articulates 
with the course in dendrology. 
