FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 23 
SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN 
MISS ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE, Director 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
Miss Jane B. Haines, President, Cheltenham, Pa. 
Miss Emma Blakiston, First Vice-President, Fort Washington, Pa. 
Miss Mira L. Dock, Second Vice-President, Fayetteville, Pa. 
Mrs. Charles W. Henry, Third Vice-President, St. Martin's, Pa. 
Miss Hilda Justice, Secretary, W. Clapier St., Germantown, Philadelphia 
Miss E. P. Stewardson, Treasurer, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 
Mrs. Edward W. Biddle, Carlisle, Pa. 
Miss J. A. Clark, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 
Mrs. Herbert S. Darlington, Rosemont, Pa. 
Mrs. Norton Downs, Three Tuns, Pa. 
Mrs. Charles B. Dudley, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Miss Eleanor Earle, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 
Miss Gertrude S. Ely, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Miss Mary L. Fisk, 90 Bayard Lane, Princeton, N. J. 
Mrs. C. Lincoln Furbush, 4300 Locust St., Philadelphia 
Mrs. John Gribbel, Wyncote, Pa. 
Mrs. Edwin C. Grice, 3308 Arch St., Philadelphia. 
Mrs. John J. Henry, St. Martin's, Pa. 
Dr. Ida A. Keller, Girls' High School, Philadelphia. 
Mrs. Isaac La Boiteaux, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Miss Elizabeth L. Lee, School of Horticulture. 
Miss Elizabeth H. Peale, Lock Haven, Pa. 
Mrs. Horace W. Sellers, Ardmore, Pa. 
Miss Martha G. Thomas, Whitford, Pa. 
Mrs. Thomas Wistar, 51 E. Penn Street, Germantown, Philadelphia. 
The School of Horticulture for Women at Ambler, Penna., was founded 
for the purpose of training women in the art and practice of horticulture and 
gardening. Opening in 191 1 with five resident students, the numbers have 
steadily increased and there are now twenty-one full students, while more than 
sixty others have, at various times, availed themselves of the special or short 
courses. 
During this time nine or ten States, besides, Canada and England, have 
been represented among the students, thus although situated in the eastern 
part of Pennsylvania, the School is truly a national institution. 
The students receive two years of training in the growing of fruits, vege- 
tables and flowers, supplemented by lectures and class room work in the under- 
lying theory and sciences, but especial emphasis is laid on the practical work, 
for "practice makes perfect." 
The work now being done by the former students and graduates attests 
the practical character of the training. This includes horticulture and garden- 
ing in various forms, fruit growing, nursery work, floriculture, as well as work 
upon private places and in school gardens. 
The School has no endowment, but is partly self supporting and depends 
on private gift to supplement this. 
A visit to the School will be of much interest. 
