. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1014 The American Florist. Nov. so. HEATERS The Wilks Greenhouse Heaters are all Steel Self-Feeders. ^ Will run 15 hours at a time without attention. NO NIGHT FIREMAN REQIIRED Can be used with either HARD OR SOFT COAL. SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOGUE. MADE S. WILKS NFG. CO. 35th and Shields Ave., experiment station work in horticulture. The station man must come to see more clearly that his proper work is to attack problems which the practical man is not prepared to undertake, and the latter must recog


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1014 The American Florist. Nov. so. HEATERS The Wilks Greenhouse Heaters are all Steel Self-Feeders. ^ Will run 15 hours at a time without attention. NO NIGHT FIREMAN REQIIRED Can be used with either HARD OR SOFT COAL. SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOGUE. MADE S. WILKS NFG. CO. 35th and Shields Ave., experiment station work in horticulture. The station man must come to see more clearly that his proper work is to attack problems which the practical man is not prepared to undertake, and the latter must recognize that it is folly to impose addi- tional burdens on workers already over- loaded and that his eitorts should rather be mainly directed toward increasing funds and workers in horticulture at the stations. As an aid to the discussion of the problems connected with the establishment of the science of agriculture room was made for a course in horticulture at the national graduate school of agriculture held at the University of Illinois in 1906, and provision for a similar course is being made for the session to be held at Cornell University and the Geneva, N. Y., Experi- ment Station in 1908. With the enlargement of the scientific basis of horticulture, mainly through the broadening work of the experiment sta- tions, it should be possible to organize in- struction in horticulture in a sounder pedagogical manner and to extend this instruction both inside and outside the colleges so as to reach many more stu- dents and benefit horticultural practice mucli more widely. The ^'ormulation and discussion of horticultural courses for dif- ferent grades of schools should be encour- aged. A valuable contribution in this line was made by Prof. P. W. Rane in hia paper before the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- tions at its meeting at Washihgton in 1905 (Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 165). The preparation of horticultural text-books, manuals, and illus


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