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UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S .

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Bequired:

*10.

Two semesters of dairy work or its equivalent.

Where

DAIRY BACTERIOLOGY.—Relation of bacteria to dairying.

and to what extent bacteria gain access to milk and how this may be avoided in actual practice. Action of bacteria on milk and its products. Second semester; full study, Bequired: Elementary Bacteriology.

*11. T H E S I S UPON INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED UNDER DIRECTION OF I N -

STRUCTOR.—Iwo semesters; full study. Required before graduation of all students specializing in dairy husbandry.

HORTICULTURE.

1. (a) Comprising a general consideration of the common problems of practical horticulture. Laboratory work. Iwo hours; first and second' semesters.

*(b) A STUDY OF ORCHARD F R U I T S AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL PLANTS..

—Lectures and reference readings. For regular students in any of the colleges of the University. Ihree hours: first and second semesters. 2. ORCHARDING.—Comprising a study of orchard fruits. Five hours; first semester. Bequired: Horticulture, l a . 3. VITICULTURE.—A comprehensive study of grape culture. Three hours? first semester. Bequired: Horticulture, l a .

4. 5. SMALL F R U I T CULTURE. Second semester; three hours. vege-

Bequired:

Horticulture, l a .

VEGETABLE GARDENING.—Kitchen and market gardening, and

table forcing. Five hours; second semester. Bequired: Horticulture, l a .

*6. PLANT PROPAGATION.—Methods of securing and perpetuating desirable-

varieties of self and cross-fertilization, or by hybridization and selection.. Three hours; second semester. Bequired: Horticulture, 2. [Not given in the year 1899-1900.] *7. FORESTRY.—Embracing a study of forest trees and their natural uses,, their distribution and artificial production, livo hours; first semester. Bequired: Botany, 2. *8. LANDSCAPE GARDENING.—Ornamental and landscape gardening with special reference to the beautifying of home surroundings. Ihree hours; second semester. Bequired: Horticulture, 7. *9. FLORICULTURE.—The study and management of conservatory and house plants. Ihree hours; first and second semesters. Bequired: Botany, 2. *10. N U T CULTURE.—The > cultivation and management of nut trees for commercial purposes. Iwo hours; first semester: Bequired: Horticulture, 2.

*11. PLANT HOUSES.—The construction and management of conservatories

and other plant houses. Ihree hours; second semester. Bequired: Horticulture, 6. *12. ECONOMIC BOTANY.—A study of cultivated plants with special reference to their economic uses. Five hours; first semester. . Bequired: Botany, 2.