HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE


Environmental Horticulture
ORH 3222C Turfgrass Culture. F.
 Credits: 4; No prerequisites.
Comparisons of turfgrass for their landscape and
recreational uses. Growth characteristics, method of
propagation, and basic management requirements,
including control of important pest problems, are cov-
ered. Offered fall of even years.
ORH 3513C Ornamental Plant Identification 1. F, SS.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: BOT 2011C or permission of
instructor.
Identification, growth characteristics, culture and use
of common landscape and greenhouse plants.
Materials include trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers,
lawn grasses, and floriculture crops. Emphasis is
placed on temperate plants.
ORH 3514C Ornamental Plant Identification 2. S.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ORH 3513.
Identification, growth characteristics, culture and use
of subtropical and tropical landscape plants. Materials
include trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, and
foliage plants.
ORH 3611 Retail Florist Shop and Garden Center
Management. S.
 Credits: 3; No Prerequisites.
 A basic course in the operations of retail florist shops
 and garden centers, including management, shop
 design and layout, psychology of selling, postharvest
 handling of flowers, plants and seeds, and the princi-
 ples of artistic design.
 ORH 3815C Introduction to Landscape Horticulture.
 F.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ORH 3513C.
 A basic course in the study of residential landscape
 design including preparation, evaluation, and imple-
 mentation of simple landscape plans. Emphasis will
 be placed on the use of ornamental plants for func-
 tional and aesthetic improvement of home environ-
 ments. Students enrolling in this class may be expect-
 ed to attend one or two Saturday field trips.
 ORH 4235C Landscape Practices and Arboriculture.
 S.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: BOT 3503, ORH 3513, or permis-
 sion of instructor.
 Principles and practices of landscape installation and
 management with emphasis on arboriculture.
 Students will survey the landscape industry, study
 landscape contracting procedures, and interior
 plantscape maintenance. Laboratories will provide
 practical experience in various installation and main-
 tenance practices and field trips will provide interac-
 tion with industry. Students enrolling in this class
 may be expected to attend Saturday field trips.
 Offered spring of even years.

 ORH 4253C Nursery Operations and Management
 S.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SOS 3022 and BOT 2011.
 A comprehensive course concerning environmental
 plant production. Topics include planning plant pro-
 duction facilities, structures and equipment required
 for environmental plant production, principles of
 environmental plant culture, and storage, shipping
 and marketing practices. A 1-day field trip or term
 paper required.

 ORH 4263C Production of Floricultural Crops. F.
 Credits: 4; Recommended prereq: HOS 4304.
 Lecture and laboratory will involve the procedures for
 commercial production of the major, economically
 important floriculture crops. Students will learn pro-


duction guidelines in lecture and will be responsible
for growing flowering plants in the laboratory. A 3-
day field trip to commercial floriculture producers
required. Offered fall of odd years.
ORH 4275C Commercial Production of Foliage
Plants. S.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: HOS 4304 and ORH 4253 or per-
mission of instructor.
Lecture and laboratory will involve the procedures for
commercial production of the major, economically
important foliage crops. Students will learn produc-
tion guidelines in lecture and will be responsible for
growing foliage plants in the laboratory. A 1-day field
trip to commercial foliage producers required.
Offered spring of odd years.
ORH 4280 Orchidology. S.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: ORH 4253.
The principles and practices involved in the produc-
tion of orchid plants and flowers, including nomencla-
ture, breeding, seed culture, harvesting, and handling.
ORH 4905 Independent Study. F, S, SS.
 Credits:1 to 5
Three sections of topics for independent study are
offered: A -Research investigation which may include
review of literature, drafting of proposal, conduct of
an experiment, collection of data, summation and
interpretation of results and preparation of a report. B
- Library or Studio Assignment, including analysis of
several sources of information on a specific topic with
a written evaluation and list of conclusions prepared.
C Assist in teaching laboratory portion of selected
courses in environmental horticulture.
ORH 4932 Special Topics in Environmental
Horticulture. F, S, SS.
 Credits: 1 to 4; Prereq: Consent of the instructor.
 Topics of current interest concerning ornamental
 plants.
 ORH 4941 Full-time Practical Work Experience in
 Environmental Horticulture. F, S, SS.
 Credits: 1 to 3tt; Prereq: Prior arrangement with
 adviser, approval of Dept. Chairman and Dean.
 Practical work must be a new experience and related
 to student's field of study.

 Fruit Crops
 FRC 1010 Growing Fruits for Fun and Profit. S.
 Credits: I
 For student desiring a concise mini-course for fruit
 growing and marketing. Fruit crops include citrus,
 pecan, blueberry, peach, grape, apple, mango, avoca-
 do, carambola, cherimoya, banana and coffee.
 FRC 3212 Introduction to Citrus Culture. S.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: BOT 2010 or BSC 2010 or permis-
 sion of instructor.
 Citrus botany, cultivars and rootstocks of citrus as they
 relate to static decision-making processes in grove
 management.
 FRC 3283C Temperate Zone Fruit Crops. S.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: BSC 2010C, BOT 2011C, or per-
 mission of instructor.
 Culture involving breeding, physiology, nutrition,
 taxonomy, harvesting and marketing of deciduous
 fruit crops, including grape, peach, pecan, blueberry,
 apple, plum, cherry, persimmon, fig, brambles and
 strawberry. Laboratory field trips to the Fruit
 Teaching Block will be made.
 FRC 4223 Citrus Production. F.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: FRC 3212.
 A study of the various practices comprising a Florida
 citrus production program. Major topics include fertil-
 ization, cultivation, irrigation, pest management,
 pruning and harvesting.


FRC 4905 Special Problems in Fruit Crops. F, S, SS.
 Credits: 1 to 3; Maximum of 6 credits.
Open only to seniors with consent of instructor.
FRC 4933 Citrus Managers' Seminar. S.
 Credits: Itt; Prereq. or Coreq: FRC 4223.
Current practices employed in Florida citrus industry.
Topics include cultural practices, harvesting, labor
relations, management, budgeting and records with
guest lecturers from the Florida citrus industry.
FRC 4941 Full-time Practical Work Experience in
Fruit Crops. F, S, SS.
 Credits: 1 to 4tt; Prereq: Prior arrangement with
adviser and approval of Department Chairman and Dean.

Horticultural Science
HOS 3013 General Horticulture. F.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: BOT 2010
An overview of the horticultural industry and an
introduction to the scientific principles that are
involved in the production of horticultural crops.
HOS 4304 Horticultural Physiology. F.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: BOT 2010 and BOT 3503 (Coreq.)
Physiology, and environmental requirements of horti-
cultural crops.


Botany


GRADUATE COURSES
Please refer to the Graduate Catalog for graduate
course listings.


Plant Science


PLS 3221 Plant Propagation. F.
 Credits: 2
Principles, practices, and physiological aspects of the
propagation of horticultural and agronomic crops by
cuttage, graftage, seedage, micropropagation, and
other methods.
PLS 3221L Plant Propagation Lab. F.
 Credits: 1
Practice in propagation of horticultural and agronom-
ic crops by cuttage, graftage, seedage, micropropaga-
tion, and other methods.
PLS 4242C Micropropagation of Horticultural Crops.
F.
 Credits: 3
Lectures and laboratory exercises emphasizing the
practical application of plant tissue culture for the
clonal propagation of horticultural crops. Emphasis
on aseptic technique, culture methodology, and
micropropagation systems development.

Vegetable Crops
VEC 3100 Introduction to World's Vegetables. S.
 Credits: 2
Types of vegetables grown throughout the world dis-
cussed with emphasis on their importance, adapta-
tion, use and nutritional value.
VEC 3200 Vegetable Gardening F.
 Credits: 1
 A course primarily for non-majors who desire to learn
 the basic principles of vegetable gardening. A garden
 will be required of each student.
 VEC 3221 Commercial Production of Warm Season
 Vegetables. F.
 Credits: 4
 Introduction to the commercial production of veg-
 etable crops and a detailed study of warm season veg-
 etable production. Crop biology, production tech-
 niques and required commercial technologies are
 emphasized.
 VEC 3222 Commercial Production of Cool Season
 Vegetable. S.
 Credits: 3
 tt Grading is on S-U basis only.
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