THE PROFESSION OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



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The official register of the University deals with, and illustrates, the 

 importance attached to the question so fully that I shall venture to quote 

 verbatim, and piece together a good many points of information and 

 advice contained in it. 



A pamphlet issued in 1907 states that " the object of the courses 

 of education outlined is to provide instruction in the elements of technical 

 knowledge, and training in the application of principles of design, which 

 together form the proper basis for the professional practice of landscape 

 gardening." 



A student may obtain professional training in landscape gardening in 

 Harvard University, including both elementary and advanced work, 

 or having had the necessary preparation in another college or scientific 

 school, may proceed at once to the graduate courses. 



By registering in Harvard College a student may elect courses which 

 will be counted for the A.B. or S.B. degree and prepare him for the con- 

 centrated professional study in the Graduate School of Applied Science. 



The professional course in this school is open to graduates of any 

 college or scientific school of good standing as candidates for the degree 

 of "Master in Landscape Architecture." 



The object of this course, to quote the Official Register, is to give the 

 students a broad knowledge of many types of landscape and garden forms, 

 of the elements which make up the quality of each, of the motives which 

 underlie them when of artificial creation, of their limitations, and of the 

 constant adaptation of means to ends in all good work. The instruction 

 is in the form of lectures, supplemented by collateral reading, by informal 

 conferences, and by frequent exercises in writing or drawing. The types 

 of landscape and garden design are severally taken up in the historical 

 order of their highest development, but in addition to the critical 

 description of historical examples with the aid of plans, drawings, and 

 photographs, reference is made whenever possible to actual examples, 

 illustrative of the same principles, to be found in the vicinity of Boston, 

 which students may readily visit. 



During the year each student is required to make a study of one 

 example of formal and one of informal landscape work, one special type of 

 landscape design, and one example of natural landscape, and to submit 

 a report in each case. 



The length of the period of study necessary will depend upon the 

 candidate's previous preparation. Two years will ordinarily be required 

 by a capable student properly prepared. Any deficiencies in preparation 

 can be made good after entering the school. 



Opportunities for advanced special study are open to students not 

 candidates for a degree. 



With the best technical training, the professional success of a land- 

 scape gardener must depend largely upon his ability to understand the 

 wide range of purposes and ideals which he is sure to find among his 

 clients, and in no way can this ability be fostered more effectively than by 

 the broadening influence of a college education. 



The courses in Harvard College which are particularly advised are the 

 following : — 



Principles of Landscape Gardening, 



