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Garden design. — ^Practice in making preliminary and 

 finished plans. Designing and laying out of gardens. 



Drawing. — ^Freehand in black and white and water 

 colour, with autumn and spring sketching out of doors. 

 Mechanical, simple projections leading up to elementary 

 study of architectural details. 



Surveying and engineering. — Such parts as have value 

 to landscape work. 



Greenhouse work. — Care of greenhouse. Propagation, 

 by seeds, cuttings, layering, budding, and grafting. Carna- 

 tion, violet growing, orchids, etc. 



EXPENSES 



Tuition $100 a year. One half to be paid on entering, 

 the second half in January. 



A limited number of students may be accommodated 

 at Lowthorpe. Single room, $30.00 per month, and 

 upwards ; double room for two, at $30.00 per month for 

 each. Accommodation for others may be obtained in 

 the village near by. The full course comprises two years' 

 work. School year is from September 15 to June 15. 

 Vacations at Christmas and Easter. 



The avenues of work that are available are : — 



Designing and planting flower gardens ; care and 

 maintenance of rose gardens and flowering shrubs ; 

 weekly supervising of greenhouses ; planning and laying 

 out small estates ; planting small parks for village im- 

 provement societies. 



All communications should be addressed to 



Lowthorpe School, Groton, Massachusetts. 



