. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SCHOOLING FOR FLORISTS. (Continued from a forward page.) elor of science in floriculture on com- pletion of the work. Purdue Univer- sity (Indiana) is now offering five courses and expects to add a regular curriculum in the near future. Other institutions are offering from one to several courses, but these are mostly of an elementary or an amateur nature. The agricultural colleges and experi- ment stations of the country are de- voting about 200,000 square feet of glass and about 130 acres of land to floriculture. This, however, is merely a beginni
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SCHOOLING FOR FLORISTS. (Continued from a forward page.) elor of science in floriculture on com- pletion of the work. Purdue Univer- sity (Indiana) is now offering five courses and expects to add a regular curriculum in the near future. Other institutions are offering from one to several courses, but these are mostly of an elementary or an amateur nature. The agricultural colleges and experi- ment stations of the country are de- voting about 200,000 square feet of glass and about 130 acres of land to floriculture. This, however, is merely a beginning, for, as the demands for research and instruction increase, these areas will have to be' increased. As has already been said, six institutions are offering considerable work in flori- culture and others are ready to do so as soon as tlie funds are available. Educational Glass Area. It is, naturally, in the states with large glass areas "that the demand comes for research and instruction. The fol- lowing table shows the glass areas of the lirst fifteen states and the amount of glass devoted to floriculture at their .state college and experiment station: Glass area Class area of state, of college, State Sll. ft. sq. ft. Illinois 17,14r).297 rcnnsviviiniu .. .. 14,740,407 New York 13,477,570 12,165 MassuclMiselts .. .. 8,024,577 20,000 New .Icrsey 7,559,221 3,000 ,848 7,200 Oliio 5,408,545 5,600 Mulligan 5,103,628 Missouri 3,568,085 3,364,249 30,666 Wisconsin ,833 2, 10,666 Minnesota 2,389,340 2,382,178 4 houses 1,875,471 10,000 The agricultural colleges and experi- ment stations of those states with large floricultural interests are the .logical jilaces to look for instruction and re- search. .Some states will never be able to offer any more than the most ele- mentary courses and so the larger insti- tutions will have to look after the few who will want commercial work. Two Phases of Work. The florists' interests
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