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The Department of Horticulture was established by the College of Applied Science in 1922. Department chairmen included: Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925), Laval S. Morris (1930-1932), Seth L. Shaw (1933-1935), Laval S. Morris (1936), and Seth L. Shaw (1937-1940).

Description

Established: 1922

Abolished: 1940

Location: Provo, Utah (1922-1940)

Functions

The Department of Horticulture included courses on principles of orcharding, practical orchard operations, home and commercial gardening, practical garden operations, insects affecting fruit and vegetable crops, methods of plant propagation, plant materials for home beautification, small fruits, fundamentals of plant reproduction, landscape design, origin and history of cultivated plants, systematic pomology, principles of horticulture, chemistry of horticultural products, and breeding of horticultural plants.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The department was administered by a department chair, under direction of the college dean.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Applied Science (1922-1940)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Applied Science. Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (1941)

Associated Archival Materials

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Sources

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1922-1923: p. 101-104 (course offerings)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1939-1940: p. 148 (Last year of Department's existence)

Brigham Young University The First Hundred Years, 1975: v. 4 p. 500 (Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925); Laval S. Morris (1930-1932); Seth L. Shaw (1933-1935); Laval S. Morris (1936); and Seth L. Shaw (1937-1940))

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00295

Creator: RSP