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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 
The Commonwealth Avenue School for Girls 
(THE MISSES GILMAN’S SCHOOL) 
General and College-Preparatory Courses. Resident 
and day pupils. 
Miss Gilman, Miss Guild, Principals, 
324 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. 
Quincy 
Mansion School 
FOR GIRLS 
Wollaston, Quincy, Mass. 
Beautiful location, six miles south of Boston. 
Eight acres of grounds with fine old trees. 
Athletic fields, artificial lake. Three handsome 
buildings, large library. Assembly Hall, seating 
250. Art room, laboratory, gymnasium, ten 
music rooms. Large corps of teachers. Excel¬ 
lent courses for graduation. Advanced work in 
Music, Language and Art. Numerous electives. 
Certificates for college. Address 
MISS BAIRD’S 
Home School for Girls 
NORWALK, CONN. 
One hour from New York city and 
five hours from Boston, via N. Y., N. 
H. and Hartford It. R. Country air. 
Ideal environment for study 
and recreation. Broad cul¬ 
ture. Real training of body, 
mind and manners. The 
homelife is replete with inspi¬ 
ration. tending to develop each 
girl into a useful and attractive 
member of the family and of so¬ 
ciety. Separate house for girls un¬ 
der 15. Intermediate. Academic 
and College-Preparatory classes. Su¬ 
perior advantages in Music, Art and 
the Ijanguages. 
MISS CORNELIA F. BAIRD, Principal 
The Stearns School I 
HORACE M. WILLARD, A.M., ScD., Principal. 
FOR SMALL BOYS 
HOWARD SEMINARY 
For Girls and Young Ladies West Bridgewater, Mass. 
In a healthy and beautiful location, 25 miles 
from Boston. Home building remodeled in sum¬ 
mer of 1905, at a large expense. Academic, Col¬ 
lege Preparatory and Special Courses. Two 
years’ course for High School graduates. Art 
and Music studios. For catalogue, address 
Miss Sarah E. Laughton, A.M., Principal. 
The Laurens School 
FOR GIRLS 
107 Audubon Road, Boston, Mass. 
Beautifully located, overlooking the Fen¬ 
way Park. New building specially designed 
for the purpose. Rooms large and cheerful, 
open fireplaces, and at least two windows in 
each. Outdoor sports, under trained di¬ 
rector, on private playground. Best of in¬ 
struction. College preparatory and finish¬ 
ing courses. 
Miss Elisabeth Bailey Hardee, B.S. 
Miss Sarah Chamberlin Weed, B.A. 
A sub-fitting school, preparing boys for Phil¬ 
lips Academy and other leading schools. Course 
of study includes the first two years’ work of 
the usual high school. The home life is cheer¬ 
ful and sympathetic, hoys living in cottages 
with the principal and masters, and constantly 
under their watchful care and supervision. The 
school is beautifully located in a small country 
town, where the climate is delightful and bene¬ 
ficial to health. All outdoor sports—golf 
course, tennis court and baseball field. Gym¬ 
nasium. For further information, address 
ARTHUR F. STEARNS, A.B., 
Mount Vernon, New Hampshire. 
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SOUTH BYFIELD, MASS. 
(Near Newburyport) 
One of the most beautifully located schools in 
New England. 330 acres. Fine opportunity for 
physical training, horseback riding, golf, boat¬ 
ing and swimming. Prepares boys for any col¬ 
lege, scientific school or business. Individual 
attention is provided for by an able corps of 
teachers. The aim of the school is to develop 
in each boy a high moral standard, a healthy 
body and a well-balanced mind. For illustrated 
catalogue, address Head Master. 
Wellesley School for Boys 
Wellesley, Massachusetts. 
A unique school. Catalogue and illustrated 
books sent on request. 
Lawrence 
G Ma 0 s n s Academy 
Founded 1793 . Prepares boys for universities, col¬ 
leges and scientific schools; also a thorough 
academic course for those not going to college. 
Unusually efficient corps of teachers enables the 
school to give each boy careful and individual 
attention. Beautifully located in an attractive 
New England village, widely known for its 
healthful climate. Splendid opportunities for 
outdoor sports—football, baseball and track 
work, hare and hound chases, cross-country run¬ 
ning, skating, coasting, etc. 
Year opens Sept. 19, 1907. For catalogue, address 
WILLIAM STEEN GAUD, Head Master. 
New York, New York, 6-8 East 46th St. 
S. Mary’s School (Episcopal). Founded 1869 
Boarding and day school for girls. Two courses of¬ 
fered—College Preparatory and Higher English. Spe¬ 
cial attention given to individual pupils. Address 
Sister Superior. 
Concord, Mass. 
Concord School for Boys 
Prepares boys not only to enter but to go through 
college. Special preparation for scientific schools. Ex¬ 
cellent business course. 
Athletic field, golf, canoeing, and all sports. 
Address, Leon Edwin Ryther, Prin. 
before the supposed date of this inscrip¬ 
tion an exploring party from China 
landed in Mexico, and, dividing into 
eighteen bands, took possession of the 
country.— N: T. Times. 
WISTARIA CHINENSIS 
'\X 7 HAT a magnificent flowering vine 
** the Chinese wistaria is! It has 
always been, perhaps, the most called for 
of all vines used for flowering purposes, 
the gorgeousness of its appearance at its 
flowering season, causing all that see it 
to find space for it on their own grounds 
if not already in possession of one. It is 
a vine that never misses a season in its 
flowering, although it is more profuse in 
blossoms at some seasons than at others. 
When planted close to a dwelling and 
given some support, it will not cease its 
growth until it has reached the top of it; 
and it should be remembered, too, that 
its flowering is never at its best until it 
has reached the top. Besides its use in 
the way described, it is handsome in a 
dwarf shape. Set out, as a shrub, it 
forms an irregular, tangled mass, which 
suits many positions and in such a shape 
it flowers well. Another way is to make 
a standard of it, by driving a stout stake 
to a plant, tying to it a straight shoot of 
the vine, taking off the point of the shoot 
at whatever height decided on. There 
will follow in time a vine with a self-sus¬ 
taining stem and with a spreading head 
which in its season will be covered with 
flowers. Nurserymen so train them, 
and sell them as standard wistarias. 
When wistarias are of some size and 
have been growing in one place for some 
time, they are rather difficult to trans¬ 
plant, because of their making but a few 
roots and these roots being of great 
length with but few fibres. The best 
way is to be as careful as possible in 
getting all the roots in sight, cutting off 
with a clean cut all broken ones, and to 
prune the vine severely. If hut its life 
is saved, it is sufficient, as the wistaria 
quickly recovers what it had before; 
and the pruning is good for it with or 
without the necessity for doing it. 
When raised from seeds it is averred 
that there are some seedlings which pro¬ 
duce flowers not as bright a blue as the 
type; and that this is true, we have seen 
proof of. But as this Wistaria Chi- 
nensis is a true species, it is more than 
probable that the lighter colored ones are 
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