Since the foundation of Lowthorpe in 1901 and its Lowthorpe 
corporation in 1909, there has been an average of twenty-two School of 
students a year. These students have gone out to the profession- Landscape 
al offices, to their own practice and to gardens of their own. Arciii- 
You may ask "Why are graduates from Lowthorpe success- tecture 
ful and why should this school be encouraged to continue?" Groton 
First and foremost it recognizes the fact that the teaching of Mass. 
garden design must be in and around a garden, the students 
must dig and plant. Also close by in the draught room they 
develop schemes large and small, developing taste and pro- 
portion. Second: The relationship to Architecture is studied, 
endeavoring to develop the spirit of collaboration with the 
architect. 
Lowthorpe is situated in an old New England village, the 
streets bordered by Elms and old Colonial Houses, and is itself 
an old house with delightful proportions, the interiors are 
beautiful in detail and the students cannot help but carry away 
the great enthusiasms that must be bred in a Landscape 
Architect's being. 
The Rock Garden, Herbaceous border, Rose Garden, Green- 
house, Conservatory and Vegetable Garden give them opportun- 
ities in all parts of a garden makeup. With the knowledge of: 
their materials they begin to design, lay out, survey, all with 
one object in view — the construction of the garden. And they 
study the proportions of Garden Accent in its relation to the 
house it adjoins. 
That most useful little book Pronunciation of Plant Names Pronuncia- 
is on sale at the central office, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, TI0N QF 
price one dollar. These books are so helpful and so compact that p L ^ NT 
every member of the Garden Club of America should have one js[ ames 
for reference. 
Mrs. Charles H. Stout of Short Hills, N. J., has severed her 
business relations with Mr. Alt F. Clark of Netcong, N. J., as he 
has not fulfilled his financial obligations to her, causing her 
War Charities to suffer. 
Any further sales of Mrs. Stout's Dahlias by Mr. Clark are 
without her authority. 
The committee on Historic Gardens is composed of one mem- 
ber from each Club, whose duty it is to collect information about 
Gardens which are at least one hundred years old. Will not each 
President send me the name and address of the historian she 
appoints regardless of the fact that there may be no gardens so 
old in her state. We need help in many ways, such as condens- 
ing and re-writing lengthy monographs. 
Mrs. W. W. Frazier, Jr. 
Jenkintown^ Penna. 
Important 
Historians 
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