HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 



THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 



A. School of Agriculture and Horticulture. 



The School of Agriculture and Horticulture, established in execution 

 of the trusts created by the will of Benjamin Bussey, gives systematic 

 instruction in Agriculture, Useful and Ornamental Gardening, and 

 Stock-raising. The Bussey Institution is situated near the village of 

 Jamaica Plain, about five miles southwest of the centre of Boston, and 

 close to the Forest Hills station on the Boston and Providence Railroad. 

 Students may live either in the immediate vicinity of the School, or in 

 Boston proper, or in some one of the neighboring villages upon the 

 line of the railroad. 



THIS SCHOOL IS INTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING CLASSES 

 OF PERSONS. 



1. Young men who intend to become practical farmers, gardeners, 

 florists, or landscape gardeners. 



2. Young men who will naturally be called upon to manage large 

 estates ; or who wish to qualify themselves to be overseers or super- 

 intendents of farms, country seats, or public institutions. 



3. Persons who wish to study some special branch of agriculture, or 

 horticulture, or to attend the school as a means of scientific training. 



Instruction is given by lectures and recitations, and by practical exer- 

 cises in laboratories, the student being taught to observe phenomena, 

 to make experiments, and to study specimens for himself. The aim of 

 the teachers is to give the student a just idea of the principles upon 

 which the arts of agriculture and horticulture depend ; to teach him how 

 to make intelligent use of the scientific literature which relates to these 

 arts ; and to enable him to put a proper estimate upon those kinds of 

 evidence which are obtained by experiments and by the observation 

 of natural objects. Students interested in tree-culture have the oppor- 

 tunity of seeing the raising of trees in great variety for the Arnold 

 Arboretum. 



Candidates for admission must be at least seventeen years of age, and 

 must present testimonials of good moral character. No formal exam- 

 ination will be required of them, but each student must satisfy the 

 instructors of his ability and of his intention to profit by the teachings 

 of the School. Students who are not candidates for a degree may, upon 

 producing certificates of good moral character, join the School at any 

 time, without examination, to pursue any special course or courses of 

 instruction which they are qualified to pursue with advantage. 



For further information, apply to 



Prof. P. H. STOKER, Dean, 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



