Botany.—Study of plant structure, function, and classification. The greater part of the time will be devoted to the flowering plants.
AVENUE LEADING TO “LOWTHORPE,” GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MRS. LOW’S SCHOOL FOR LADY GARDENERS.
Garden design.—Practice in making preliminary and finished plans. Designing and laying out of gardens.
Drawing.—Freehand in black and white and water colour, with autumn and spring sketching out of doors. Mechanical, simple projections leading up to elementary study of architectural details.
Surveying and engineering.—Such parts as have value to landscape work.
Greenhouse work.—Care of greenhouse. Propagation, by seeds, cuttings, layering, budding, and grafting. Carnation, violet growing, orchids, etc.
EXPENSES
Tuition $100 a year. One half to be paid on entering, the second half in January.
A limited number of students may be accommodated at Lowthorpe. Single room, $30.00 per month, and upwards; double room for two, at $30.00 per month for each. Accommodation for others may be obtained in the village near by. The full course comprises two years’ work. School year is from September 15 to June 15. Vacations at Christmas and Easter.