This publication lists certain insecticides to control insect pests of food, fabrics, structures, man and animals, lawns, shrubs, trees, flowers and vegetables. Suggestions are given for selection, dosage and application of insecticides to combat infestation. (CS)

This study suggests the need for several improvements in the summer vocational horticulture education programs. Knowledge of the summer program, its aims, and the teacher's responsibilities appears to be lacking in the groups studied. (SSH)

More than 150 citizens, after studying under Washington State University Extension personnel and passing an examination administered by the State Department of Agriculture, find satisfaction in spending a few hours a week during the growing season in areas of heavy public traffic to answer questions from backyard gardeners and urban homeowners.…

Songbirds and small mammals can be encouraged to visit and live in residential yards if structures such as bird feeders and birdbaths are provided and if vegetation is planted to provide basic requirements of wildlife habitat. Examples and instructions are provided. (RE)

A study found that the scope of supervised occupational experience as measured by total Productive Man Work Units was positively related to student achievement in ornamental horticulture. (JOW)

Nine of 11 Central Ohio horticulture teachers completed the Group Embedded Figures Test and Florida Taxonomy of Cognitive Behavior. Scores showed 55% were field independent and 44% field dependent. They taught 47% of the time at the knowledge level; 84% of teaching occurred at the lower levels of cognition. Higher field independence scores were…

Suggests horticulture as a career alternative for those with disabilities. Offers suggestions for implementing a transition program with horticulture employers. (JOW)

Of 168 high school students, 107 were taught a horticulture unit that included a greenhouse laboratory experience, 61 received the unit without the lab. Lab experience resulted in significantly higher knowledge scores but made no significant difference in postexperiment attitudes. (SK)

Describes how to create a secret garden in an urban school backyard. Includes specific information on preparing the space and planting an eight-square-foot plot. (KB)

Senior to Senior: Living Lessons is a program created to provide meaningful horticulture therapy activities for community minority elders (60 years of age and older) and senior college students (20 years of age and older) from an Historically Black University. The program's objectives were to promote positive intergenerational relationships and to…

This first volume of a 2-volume curriculum guide contains 16 problem areas selected as suggested areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for 10th-grade or second-year students enrolled in a metropolitan agriculture program. The 16 problem areas are divided into 6 units: Orientation to Agricultural Occupations (2 problem areas),…