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

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Wise-oAcres The Staff Editor—Edith M. Dornbirer Business Manager Anne B. Wkrtsner Photography Manager—Martha B. Chadwick Associate Editor—Helen Mowry We wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to the following: Mrs. Bush-Brown for the generous and hearty co-operation which she has given us at all times; Mr. Bush-Brown for assistance in photography; Miss Bertermann for assistance in the advertising department; Miss De Zouche and Miss Jelinek for typing numerous letters and articles; Miss Nagy lor assistance in proofreading: Miss Borst for the selection of quotations, and some of the Senior write-ups. This is our first year book. May we ask. therefore, that you recommend it to your friends should you find it interesting? Furthermore, it will mean much to us if, when patronizing our advertisers, you will mention Wise Acres. Table of Contents A Ten-Dollar-Gold-Piece Garden.............................................. 20 Tail-Feathers and Temperaments.............................................. 23 Something About Delphiniums .................................................25 A Different Objective ...................................................... 30 Insect Friends and Foes .................................................... 34 A Woodland Path............................................................. 37 Would You Like an Herb Garden?.............................................. 44 Colour in the Garden........................................................ 47 Charles Linnaeus............................................................ 50 Annuals ................................................................... 52 The Care of the Small Orchard .............................................. 55 The Care and Arrangement of Cut Flowers..................................... 57 A Hive for the Honey Bee.................................................... 60 Wood, a Farm Crop .......................................................... 63 Our Dairy Herd ............................................................. 66 The Need for Trees Along American Highways.................................. 68 The Rock Garden ............................................................ 71 Our Poultry................................................................. 74 Lupins ..................................................................... 76 Human Traits in Trees ...................................................... 77 Iris ....................................................................... 79 The Rose Garden ............................................................ 82 Simple Methods of Determining the Productivity of Some Garden Soils and Their Adaptations ........................................................... 85 Horticulture—A Profitable Occupation for Women.............................. 87 A School of Horticulture.................................................... 91 Six

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W ise-oA cres The Faculty LOUISE CARTER BUSHBROWN Graduate of Horace Mann School, Teacher's College, New York City; Graduate of School of Horticulture for Women; Special course in Agriculture, George Peabody College, Nashvillci, Tenn. Positions—Teacher of Floriculture, Concord School for Girls, Concord, Mass., 1916' 1917; Field Secretary, School of Horticulture, 1918; Instructor in Gardening, George Peabody Cob lege, Nashville, Tenn., 1919 1920; Superintend' ent of Water Oak Plantation, Tallahassee, Florida, 1920' 192 3; State Garden and Dairy Specialist for the State of Florida under the United States Government Extension Service, 192 3 'March, 1924; Director of the School of Horticulture, March, 1924' L. K. HERRING Two'year diploma course at the Horticultural College, Swanley, Kent. National Diploma in Horticulture, Royal Horticultural Society; B.Sc. in Horticulture, London University. Positions—Assistant posts in private gardens for two years after leaving college; Jobbing gardening advisory work in London suburbs. Charge of the four'acre vegetable garden at the Horticultural College, Swanley, Kent, giv' ing students lectures and practical instruction in vegetable growing. Head gardner at St. Leonard's School, Scotland, with charge of six' teen acres of playing fields, vegetable field, flower garden, giving instruction in gardening to the girls. Instructor in Horticulture at Lee House, Devonshire, a small training center for gardening, poultry keeping and farming; In' structor in Horticulture, School of Horticulture, Ambler, Pa., 1925' Eight