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COLLEGE OP AGRICULTURE.

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4. Gardens.—Kitchen and market gardens are made the first subjects of study, after which ornamental and landscape gardening occupies the time. Henderson's Gardening for Profit; Long's Ornamental Gardening. Spring term, 5 hours a week. Professor BUEBILL.

5. Elements of Horticulture.—This is a minor course, intended for students who take but one term of horticultural work. The following topics are discussed: Orchard sites; the age of trees to plant; the season to plant; how to plant; what to plant; the management of the soil; pruning and care of trees ; gathering and preserving fruit; diseases and injuries; the nursery; ornamental trees and shrubs ; flower gardens ; vegetable gardens, including propagating beds and houses; the vineyard and small fruits, and timber tree plantation. Students have instruction and practice in grafting, budding, propagation by cuttings, etc. Lectures. Winter term, 6 hours a week. Professor BUBBILL. The following subjects, offered to students in the College of Agriculture, are described elsewhere, as noted. In College of EngineeringMathematics, 1, 3, 5; Physics, 1, or 2; Shop Practice, 1; Mineralogy, 1. In College of Science— Chemistry, 1, or 1, 6, 7; Botany, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6; Zoology, 1, or 5; Entomology, 1; Physiology, 1; Geology, 1, or 5; General Biology, 1. In College of Literature— History, 3 ; Political Economy, 1; Philosophy, 1; Pedagogy, 2, or 5, or 2 and 3, or 5 and 6; Themes and Elocution, 1; German, 1 and 2, or 4; French, 1 and 2, or 4. In School of Military Science— Military Science, 1, 3. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDIES. For the degree of Bachelor of Science in the College of Agriculture 40 credits are required, each given for the satisfactory completion of the study of » required or elective subject for one term, five exercises a week. Of these credits 24 must be obtained by pursuing the required studies each for the minimum time named —3