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Caption: Course Catalog - 1892-1893
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. HORTICULTURE. 41 1. Fruit Culture. —Orchards, vineyards, small fruit plantations and their products constitute the main subjects of this term's work. Lectures are given upon propagating, planting, and cultivating trees and vines; upon identifying, classifying, and preserving fruits, and upon diseases and remedies. Studies are made upon illustrative material in the laboratory, and visits to the orchards and plantations form a part of the instruction. Fall term, full study. Professor BURRILL. 2. Forestry.—This course embraces a study of forest trees and their uses, their natural distribution, and their artificial production. The relations of forests and climate are studied, and the general topics of forestry legislation and economy are discussed. Lectures. Winter term, half study. Professor BURRILL. 3. Plant Houses and House Plants.—This study includes gardening and landscape architecture; the methods of construction, heating and ventilation, and general management of greenhouses, and the study of the kinds, propagation, growth, and care of flowering plants. Each student has practice in propagating by cuttings and otherwise, in potting and shifting, and in care of plants requiring various treatment. Insects and diseases, with remedies, are treated and the means of securing vigor of growth and abundance offlowersare studied and illustrated by practice. Henderson's Practical Floriculture. Winter term, half study. Professor BURRILL. 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, full study. Professor BURRILL. 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. Fall term, full study. Professor BURRILL.
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