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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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Horticultural 
One of the most comprehensive and 
thorough courses of instruction in horti- 
culture and landscape gardening in the 
country is the one provided at the Mis- 
souri Botanical Garden at St. Louis under 
the provision of the will of the late Henry 
Shaw. 
Owing to the unique opportunities at 
the Garden, this school ranks high among 
similar institutions throughout the world. 
Although numerous institutions in this 
country give a part of the work necessary 
School at St. 
The courses in landscape architecture 
are arranged to start the student properly 
in the study of this profession. The Gar- 
den has an excellent collection of the best 
books on various phases of the subject, 
which are constantly referred to. In the 
course in principles of landscape garden- 
ing, study is made of the best American 
and foreign examples of the art. In land- 
scape design the student gets valuable 
practice in the design of home grounds, 
country estates, parks, and playgrounds. 
Louis Garden 
The courses are arranged so that all 
theoretical instruction is given in the 
afternoon. The morning work comprises 
practical application. in, the various depart- 
ments of the Garden and enables the stu- 
dent to come into actual contact with cul- 
ture and care of a large and varied collec- 
cion of plants. This affords the student • 
an opportunity to apply the theoretical ] 
knowledge gained to practical details, and \ 
results in the rare product, who may be j 
placed in a responsible position upon grad- 
Surveying. Park Desi.gn by Student. Planting Water Lilies. 
WOPaC OF STUDENTS IN HORTICULTURAL SCHOOL OP MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
for htting young men and women to be 
competent gardeners and superintendents, 
few places so admirably combine theoreti- 
cal instruction with facilities for practical 
experience as the Missouri Botanical Gar- 
den. 
In 1914 the courses were entirely reor- 
ganized and in 1916 were further aug- 
mented and strengthened to conform to 
the greater requirements of the profes- 
sion. It may be roughly divided into four 
parts : botany, horticulture, engineering, 
and landscape architecture. 
The courses in botany deal with the 
form, structure, taxonomy, and economic 
use of plants. The student is taught to 
recognize the lower as well as the higher 
forms of plant life under various conditions 
and is made acquainted with the history, 
culture and uses of the economic plants 
producing edible parts, gums, oils, per- 
fumes, condiments, medicinal ingredients, 
textiles, etc. 
The horticultural courses comprise in- 
struction in the care of all phases of plant 
life, both in the greenhouses and outdoors. 
The fundamentals of soils and fertilizers 
and their application are given proper at- 
tention. The forcing of flowers, veg- 
etables, and fruits, for commercial as well 
as private purposes, is taken up in detail, 
and trips to other greenhouse establish- 
ments help to broaden the student's ideas. 
Considerable time is devoted to the study 
of the treatment of outdoor plants— trees, 
shrubs, herbaceous perennials, annuals, 
bulbs, tropical and water-loving plants, 
consideration being given to the means of 
control of various fungous and insect' 
pests. 
and as much time as possible is devoted to 
drafting and rendering, in all courses. 
With its numerous and varied gardens, its 
excellent collection of plants, and its new 
undertakings, the Garden is particularly 
well equipped for instruction and practice 
in planting design. The course, called here 
garden architecture, is intended to famil- 
iarize the student with the various styles 
and monuments of architecture, as well as 
to provide practice in the design of the 
minor architectural structures associated 
with gardens. 
The courses in surveying and construc- 
tion give the student thorough practical 
knowledge of those branches of those sub- 
jects particularly essential to the landscape 
architect and gardener. In addition to the 
theoretical instruction in surveying, all 
students, in their morning work, receive 
considerable practical training in making 
and plotting topographical surveys, in lev- 
eling, staking out new buildings and gar- 
dens, and in setting grades and batter 
boards. The transit and stadia are most 
frequently used in the making of our top- 
ographical surveys, with triangulation as 
the basis of the operation. In construc- 
tion the student keeps in constant to'uch 
with the new developments of the Garden 
and with various engineering undertakings 
in the city. The lectures and designs are 
devoted especially to those types of struc- 
tures so important to landscape develop- 
ments, considerable attention being given 
to grading design and earthwork conj.puta- 
tions. Greenhouse construction involves 
the study of various types and methods of 
construction and heating. 
nation, with every chance of success. 
The officers of administration and in- 
struction of the school are : 
George Thomas Moore, A. M., Ph. D., 
Director of the Garden, and Engelmann 
Professor in the Henry Shaw School of 
Botany of Washington University. 
Jesse More Greenman, A. M., Ph. D., 
Curator of the Herbarium, and Associate 
Professor in the Henrj' Shaw School of 
Botany of Washington University. 
Edward Angus Burt, A. M., Ph. D., 
Mycologist and Librarian to the Garden, | 
and Associate Professor in the Henry J 
Shaw School of Botany of Washington ^ 
University. 1 
Harry Milliken Jennison, A. B., A. M.^ I 
Assistant in- 'Botany ‘in the Henry Shaw 9 
School of Botany of Washington Univer- I 
William Woodward Ohlweiler, B. S.^ 9 
A. M., General Manager to the Garden; ■ 
B. S., Connecticut Agricultural College ; m 
A. M., Washington University; Missouri I 
Botanical Garden, 1907- ; Teaching Eel- I 
low, Washington Universit}^ 1912-13. fl 
John Noyes, S. B., Landscape Designer- 'I 
to the Garden ; S. B., Massachusetts Agri- fl 
cultural College ; Instructor in Landscape fl 
Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural fl 
College, 1909-11 ; with Warren H. Man- 9 
ning, Boston, 1911-14; Missouri Botanical U 
Garden, 1914-; I 
Alexander Lurie, B. S., Horticulturist H 
to the! '’Garden ; B. S., Cornell University; H 
charge of ornamentals and greenhouses, H 
Greehing Bros. Nurseries, Monroe, Mich., H 
1913-14 ;‘'‘'4nstructor in Floriculture, pn- 
charge of greenhouses and grounds, Uni- H 
