Agricultural Education — Examination Papers, 1874. xcv 

 EXAMINATION IN BOTANY. 



[It is expected that Eight Questions at least will be answered.] 



Maximum Number of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 



Saturday, April 20lJi, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 



1. What are the different functions of the root ? 



2. Define and give examples of the different kinds of underground 

 stems. 



3. Define the structure and functions of stomata. 



4. What plants are without epidermis, and why ? 



5. State the chemical composition of cellulose, and explain where 

 and how the elements composing it are obtained. 



6. When and how is the ovule of a phanerogam fertilised ? 



7. State what is known of the potato-fungus. 



8. How would you treat a field of clover attacked by dodder, so as 

 to prevent its spreading and to exterminate the parasite ; and give the 

 reasons for your treatment. 



9. What are the fundamental differences between the Natural 

 system of Jussieu and the Artificial system of Linnaeus ? 



10. Give the leading characteristics of one of the following Natural 

 Orders : — Cruciferce, Leguminosce, Bosaceoe, or Graminece. 



11. What plants of the Order Cruciferce are cultivated in Britain ? 



12. Describe in a systematic method the plants marked A, B, and 0. 



EXAMINATION IN ANATOMY AND ANIMAL ; 

 PHYSIOLOGY. 



Maximum Number op Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 



Saturday, April 18th, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 



1. Describe in general terms the physiology of digestion and 

 assimilation of the food. Name the chief fluids employed in the 

 processes, and their special action upon the several constituents of 

 vegetable alimentary substances ; also the means by which nutritive 

 matter is carried into and appropriated by the system. 



2. Name the region of the abdomen in which the liver is situated. 

 State the chief differences which exist in the arrangement of the bile 

 ducts in the horse and ox, and describe the particular source of its 

 secretion as compared with other glands. 



