country estate, etc. During the second semester a 
complete set of plans including a sketch plan, gen- 
eral plan report, detailed study of architectural 
features, grading plan, planting plan, set of speci- 
fications, and estimate of cost will be worked out a 
as^ major problem. 
26a Planting Design. Planting plans, conferences, 
library research, drafting. One conference and six 
hours drawing per week. The object of this course 
is to give the students practice in plant com- 
position and arrangement. The planting plans are 
based on the design problems worked out by the 
student in 10b and 23a. 
27a Landscape Practice. Principles of construc- 
tion. The preparation of construction drawings, 
such as grading plans, working drawings, specifica- 
tions. and reports. The instruction in this course 
includes interpretation of topographic maps and 
their relation to landscape design, calculation of cut 
and fill, and quantities of material and construc- 
tion. 
27b Landscape Practice. Principles of construc- 
tion. The preparation of construction drawings, 
such as grading plans, working drawings, speci- 
fications, and reports. Lectures. 
28 Exotics. Temporary decorative plants used in 
landscape gardening. Lectures, planting plans, and 
field trips. A study is made of the decorative 
plants used in landscape gardening that require 
protection during the winter, or renewal every 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
year, the use of bedding plants, and the half hardy 
trees, shrubs, and perennials is given special at- 
tention. 
38a Field Practice in Landscape Gardening. Lec- 
tures, field work, reports. Actual practice in carry- 
ing out landscape plans in the field; grading, plant- 
ing, of roads and walks, planting and care of trees, 
shrubs and garden flowers. The object of this 
course is to give the student preliminary training 
in the actual working out of landscape plans in 
the field. For this work there is available a plat 
of ground of several acres that will be used for 
this work. In the engineering the various types 
of road and walk construction will be taken up, 
the laying out of free-hand curves, and the set- 
ting of grade stakes. The planting work will con- 
sist in the laying out of shrub areas, preparation 
of the soil, and the planting and care of trees, 
shrubs, and garden flowers. The question of proper 
pruning, spraying, will also be taken up. 
38b Field 'Practice in Landscape Gardening. Lec- 
tures, field work, reports. Actual practice in carry- 
ing out landscape plans in the field; grading, plant- 
ing, building of roads, and walks, planting and 
care of trees, shrubs, and garden flowers. 
Following are the members of the fac- 
ulty in the Department of Horticulture : 
Joseph Cullen Blair, M. S. A., Chief of 
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Department ; Charles Mulford Robinson, 
A. M., Professor of Civic Design ; Ralph 
Rodney Root, M. L. A., Assistant Profes- 
sor of Landscape Gardening, in charge of 
the division ; Wilhelm Miller, Assistant 
Professor of Landscape Horticulture ; F. 
A. Cushing Smith, B. S., Instructor, Land- 
scape Design; H. W. Peasley, B. Arch., 
Instructor, Landscape Design ; R. W. Ploff- 
man, B. S., Assistant, Landscape Garden- 
ing. 
During the year prominent professional 
men in landscape gardening and city plan- 
ning give lectures before the students per- 
tinent to landscape architecture and city 
planning. For 1912-1913 lectures were 
given by : W. N. Rudd, President, Mount 
Greenwood Cemetery Association, Morgan 
Park, 111. ; George Burnap, Official Land- 
scape Architect, Washington, D. C. ; Prof. 
J. S. Pray, Harvard University. 
MODERN CEMETERIES OF GREAT GRANITE TOWN 
AT TOP OF HILLSIDE DRIVE IN HOPE CEMETERY. 
the surrounding parts, its topographical 
features are such as to constitute the place 
an ideal burying ground. The main ap- 
proach, which is about one-fourth of a 
mile long, has been laid out into a mag- 
nificent winding avenue, with cobbled gut- 
ters to take care of the water flow. The 
wooded parts upon either side have been 
cleared of underbrush and young trees 
planted, giving the place a grove-like ap- 
pearance and much enhancing the beauty 
of this elegant driveway. At intervals 
along the grassy slopes benches have been 
installed, upon which .the wayfarer can 
rest and absorb the sylvan scene around 
him. 
This cemetery is finely laid out into lots 
of convenient size, with broad graveled 
Barre, Vermont, famous as the largest 
granite center in the world, is one of the 
places where the citizens take especial 
pride in the cemeteries. This is shown by 
the fact that recently thousands of dollars 
has been spent in improving and beautify- 
ing the cemeteries, and this work is to 
continue until the burying places here shall 
be second to no place of the same size in 
the United States. 
Barre has two cemeteries which belong 
to the city — Elmwood and Hope. Part of 
the former is the old burying ground 
founded about one hundred and twenty 
years ago, when the name of the village, 
which was originally Wildersbury, was 
changed to Barre. 
Hope is a modern cemetery occupying 
about twenty-five acres. It was established 
twenty years ago, and from its excellent 
natural location offers great possibilities 
in the way of future development. 
Situated in the northeasterly part of 
the city, just at the outskirts, and occupy- 
ing an elevation of nearly 100 feet above 
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