672 Botanical Prizes given by the Apothecaries' Society. 



I heartily hope that nature may prove as capricious in 

 England as she is reported to be at Coburg ; for though I 

 could make myself easy with regard to the Agricultural Soci- 

 ety of Coburg, if nature were found to be more systematic 

 than their report would represent her, 1 could hardly forgive 

 myself for having occupied so much of the space in your 

 Journal. 



Weimar, Sept. 18th, 1838. 



Art. VII. — Notice of the Examination of the Candidates for the 

 Botanical Prizes given by the Apothecaries' Society. Communi- 

 cated by N. B. Ward, Esq., F.L.S, &c. 



The Examination of the candidates for the botanical prizes 

 annually given by the Society of Apothecaries, took place at 

 Apothecaries' Hall, on Wednesday, the 10th of October last; 

 the time allowed being from 10 o'clock in the morning till 10 

 in the evening. 



The first prize was a gold medal, value 10 guineas; suc- 

 cessful candidate, Mr. Napier, of University College. 



Second prize, a silver medal, with a set of DeCandolle's 

 ' Organographie et Physiologie,' 5 vols., handsomely bound ; 

 successful candidate, Mr. Dodd, of King's College. 



Third Prize, DeCandolle's ' Organographie et Physiologie,' 

 5 vols., handsomely bound ; successful candidate, Mr. King- 

 don, of King's College. 



The prizes are now by a recent regulation of the Society, 

 open for competition to the Society's apprentices, as well as 

 to the general students of the metropolis. 



The following were the questions proposed for the written 

 examination, by Mr. Ward, the examiner. 



1. Describe the principal forms of inflorescence, giving examples 



of each. 



2. What is a calyx ? 



3. Describe its various forms. 



4. What are the supposed functions of the calyx ? 



5. Describe the various kinds of roots. 



6. What are the functions of the roots ? 



7. What is the origin and nature of the disk ? 



8. Describe the structure of the simple and the compound pistil. 



9. What is meant by an inferior ovary ? 



10. What are the laws which regulate the position of the dissepiments ? 



11. Give examples of spurious dissepiments. 



12. Describe the structure of the ovule before and after fecundation. 



13. Give examples of the orthotropous, campulitropous, and anatro- 

 pous ovules. 



