42 STATE BOAED OP AGEICULTUKE. 



England to examine candidates for the society's prizes and certificates, including 

 the life membership of the societ}^ The sets of questions are upon mechanics 

 and natural philosophy, mensuration and surveying, chemistry, agriculture, 

 book-keeping, geology, botany, anatoni}', and animal physiology. 



It may be interesting to insert here the questions on botany for 1875. Maxi- 

 mum number of marks, 100 ; pass nuniber, 50 ; time allowed, three hours. 



1. What are the contents of a growing vegetable cell? 



2. Describe the composition of a fibro-vascular bundle in a dicotyledonous 



plant. 



3. Name and shortly describe the different kinds of roots, and explain the 



function of fleshy roots. 



4. What is the nature and cause of the difference between grain and malt? 



5. Explain the fall of the leaf. 



6. "What are the morjohological differences between the fleshy organs of the 



following plants : turnip, potato, onion, kohlrabi, sweet potato, and 

 crocus ,'' 



7. Give the plan of a typical flower, and explain the meaning of perfect, 



complete, regular, and symmetrical, as applied to the flower. 



8. Explain the process of fertilization among angiosperms. 



9. State the nature and development of the reproductive organs in fungi. 



10. What are the reasons for having a rotation of crops? 



11. Give the leading characters of one of the following natural orders : 



Jicmuncalacece, Compositce, ConifercB, Oi'aminecB. 



12. Describe in systematic method the plants marked A, B, and C. 



QUESTIOIsS IK HORTICULTUKE. 



Time, one hour and a half. 



1. Location, situation, and laying out of a vegetable garden. 



2. Management and application of barnyard manure to a garden. 



3. Construction and management of cold-frames. 



4. Construction and management of hot-beds. 



5. Give a list of common tender plants of vegetable garden (as regards cold). 



6. Planting and management of asparagus. 



7. How to raise good celery cheapest. 



8. How are peaches, apples, grapes, quinces usually propagated, and at what 



time of year? 



9. Best situations for peaches in Michigan, and why ? 



10. How to properly set an apple tree. 



11. How to properly prune an apj^le tree, young and old. 



12. Best remedies for the apple worm. 



13. Name the chief points by which varieties of apples can be distinguished 



by tree, fruit, and flower. 



14. What are the chief difficulties in raising pears? 



15. How are peaches classified? 



16. How to plant and manage a strawberry bed for choice fruit? 



17. Advice to beirinners in market orardenins^. 



18. Culture of market and small fruit garden. 



LANDSCAPE GARDE^'ING. 



Time, two hours. 

 1. Choice of a place ; fifteen prominent consideration-. 



