Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women - Wise Acres Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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 CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY “The Old Order Changeth” ............................. 5 Meet Our Farm Manager ................................. 6 In Appreciation ....................................... 7 Commencement .......................................... 7 Trees in Winter ....................................... 9 Hardy Vegetables .......................................n Mr. McCann’s Modern Poultry Plant .....................13 Just a Chicken ........................................13 Plan for Growth .......................................14 An Afternoon With Orchids .............................17 Gardens of Roses ..................................... 17 Gleanings .............................................19 Our Alumnae ..........:............................... 20 The Compost Pile ......................................21

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ENTRANCE DOORWAY 1923 DIPLOMA COURSE School of Horticulture for Women Ambler, Pennsylvania 19 2 3 SPRING COURSE—12 Week April 3rd—June 23rd SUBJ ECTS Fruit Growing Floriculture Canning and Preserving Lansdscape Gardening Poultry-Bees Vegetable Gardening Woody Ornamental Plants Farm Crops and Animals SUMMER COURSE July 31st to August 25th SUBJECTS Floriculture. Vegetable Gardening, Fruit Growing, Canning and Preserving Two Years of 40 Weeks Each. Subjects Entrance in January and September Floriculture Fruit Growing Vegetable Gardening Botany Woody Ornamental Plants Rural Economy School Gardening Poultry, Bees, ■Practical curriculum. Soils and Fertilizers Landscape Gardening (Elementary) Zoology, Economic Carpentry Farm Crops The Farm Woodland Business Methods Electives Canning and Preserving, work out of doors and Day Students are admitted to all Junior Classes, to classes which extend only through one year, and to Senior Classes upon passing an examination. Care of Animals. in the greenhouse forms a large part of the FEES—Tuition per year of 40 weeks .....................$200.00 Board and single room 40 weeks ................. 475.00 Board and double room 40 weeks ................. 450.00 Registration Fee, $10.00 Registration fees are deducted upon first payment of tuition. Fees for day students $10 for 20 lecture-hour periods. For further information address MISS ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE. Director.

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I 1923 SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN Ambler, Penna. INVITATION LECTURES BY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL March 6th—What We Should Know About the Potato. By Raymond C. Dikeman, B. S., M. S., Cornell April 3rd—Unusual Glimpses of Italian Gardens. By Miss Emily Exley, Graduate School of Horticulture. April 17—An Egg a Day. By Raymond T. Kuhrt. May 1st—Marked Characteristics of Some of our Shrubs and Trees. By George B. Kaiser. June 5th—Insect Pests of the Garden and their Remedies. By Harry W. Schlehner, B. S., A. M., U. of P. Train leaves Reading Terminal 1.55 P. M., arriving Ambler 2.28. Trains returning leave Ambler 4.51 and 6.05 P. M. School Bus will meet trains. Automobiles from Philadelphia pass through Chestnut Hill to Bethlehem Pike to Butler Pike, .turn to right (N. E.) on Butler Pike, take first turn to right, one-quarter mile to school. T uesdays 3 P. M. Calendar of Short Courses Spring Course—April 3d to Jun 23d. ' Summer Course—July 31st to August 25th. Write for list of subjects and terms. Boarding and Day Students.