Difference between revisions of "Brigham Young University. Dept. of Horticulture and Horticultural Specialties"
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==Functions== | ==Functions== |
Revision as of 14:57, 7 October 2009
In 1954 the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture was renamed the Department of Horticulture and Horticultural Specialties. The department focused on providing emphasis on either fruit production, ornamental horticulture, or landscape gardening. Department chairmen included Clarence D. Ashton (1955-1957)and Ernest F. Reimschussel (1958-1964).
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Description
Established: 1954
Abolished: 1964
Location: Provo, Utah (1954-1964)
Functions
The Department of Horticulture and Horticultural Specialties included courses on fruit production, vegetable production, beautifying the home grounds, floriculture, flower arrangement, architectural drawing, plant propagation, practical orchard management, herbaceous plants, woody plants, nursery practice, greenhouse management, turf management, landscape design, planting design, systematic pomology, harvesting and storage of fruits, weeds and seed analysis, plant breeding, plant pathology, and diseases of cultivated fruits.
Assets and Administrative Structure
The department was administered by a department chairmen, under the direction of the college dean.
Associated Units
Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences (1954-1960)
Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. College of Applied Science. Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (1954)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences. Dept. of Horticulture (1960)
Associated Archival Materials
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Sources
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1955-1956: p. 258-260 (course offerings)
Brigham Young University The First Hundred Years, 1975: v. 4 p. 501 (Clarence D. Ashton (1955-1957)and Ernest F. Reimschussel (1958-1964))
Maintenance Information
Record ID: EAC-2009-00307
Creator: RSP