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THE GARDENERS’ 
EDITORIAL NOTICES. 
Advertisements should r dos PUBLISHER. 
Newspapers,—Correspondents newspapers should be 
careful to mark Do үлек NA SUA De RG ke iat. 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
MEETING. 
{ Royal Horticultural Society's Com- 
TUESDAY, JuLy 23 — ittees, at the Drill Hall, West- 
1 minster. 
SHOW 
JULY 20 { aov — t se 4 Manchester Royal 
JuLy 23—Tibshelf Horticultural. 
National um and Picotee 
— at the Crystal Palace. 
eweastle - on - Tyne Horticultural 
"AS days), 
SATURDAY, 
TUESDAY, 
WEDNESDAY, Jury ?4 
ham Horticultu 
—— Horticultural 
"po pu Horti t at Brockwell 
уз). 
JULY (s Тиш, m "Bator Horticul- 
JULY 24 реци Floral and Horti- 
THURSDAY, 
FRIDAY, 
SALES 
à Importations of 
, for Unreserved Sale. 
TUESDAY, Orchids, fini Messrs, 
an & Co., at half- 120 i cm 
Also, at at 4 o'clock precisely, а 
splendid lot of Palm Seeds. 
Cannas, Freesias. Ke. p^ Pro- 
~ theroe & Morris’ Rooms 
e e = Orchids, from 
& Co.; to- 
r with ү, їп flower 
and bud, at at Protheroe & Morris 
Rooms, 
JULY "s 
FRIDAY, Jury 26 [ 
T OHISWICK.- 68°,4. 
Тив class lists of the last exami- 
nation by the Royal Horticultural 
Society have been issued, and 
from them and the examiners’ report we cull 
the following particulars, It may be mention 
that the candidates came from widely different 
parts of England and Scotland, a centre being 
Examination in 
Horticulture. 
sent to — M: on the Society's behalf, 
and i in а the rules laid down for 
© Examiners’ БЕРОВТ 
To the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
Gentlemen,— We beg leave to report that we have 
the papers of the candidates who offered 
who between 150 and 
placed in the second class; Wak NS. t n 
100 marks and upwards were aéjudged were ranked 
in the third class. The remainder, obtained 
to be placed in the first class, 37 in the second, and 
73 in the third class, The highest — уени 
260, by Miss A. U. Gorvix of the 
Horticultural College, Swanley, i 
Considering the opportunities at 
the candidates, the 
factory, The effect of continuous systematic training 
is well exemplified in the class lists, On the other 
hand, many young gardeners and mechanics, who 
cultivate small gardens and allotments, but who have 
ad the opportunity of regular tuition and 
systematic study, have taken a lower place than they 
n" would have done, because t 
grasp the significance of the questi 
0 have the honour to be, ranura your 
obedient servants, AXWELL T. MASTERS, 
June 15, 1895. d 
We can only find room for the names of those 
candidates who were placed in the first class, but 
we may add that the full list will be published 
in the Journal of the Society. 
Maximum number of Marks obtainable, 300. No. of 
Marks 
First C gained. 
1, - A, U. eA Horticultural College, 
ey 260 
2; Mr. Фа Bucher г, gardener, 188, Wellfield 
Road, Stre 
3. Miss F. M, G. race Horticultural 
College, Swanley .. 220 
4. Mr. Brown, Horticultural College, Swanley, 
Ken 
4 Miss Alice Hutebings, Horticultural Col- 
lege, Swanley 215 
4. Mr. J. Warner, "Behool Ней, West Street, 
Dorking 
4. Miss Madeline Agar, Horticultural College, 
sanley ... 3 ааа ‚л 5 
8. Mr, б. Н, Cave, 16, Gloucester Road, K«w, 
urrey. ... is 4 vis 4o 210 
8. Mr, W. Bell, Kaighton Road, Leicester. 210 
10, Mr. Edward Damper, The Gardens, High à; 
Ashurst, Dorking 205 
11. Mr. J. К. F. Jack, Horticultural College, 
1l. Mr, Н. W. Ga anston, Freningüelà, near 
Harleston, Norfolk 200 
The questions put were as к 2. :— 
Eight questions only һай to be answered: four 
from Division A, including No. 5, which had to be 
answered by every candidate, and four from division В. 
20 e PRINCIPLES. 
1.—(a). о plants absorb тА 
means of — roots? Explain the ete 
root. 
(6) What elements do plants obtain ws the air, 
and by what agency do they obtain the 
2,—Explain the effect on flowering gent. of an 
adequate, a deficient, or of ап excessive, amount of 
3.—How are “cuttings” made? Describe the 
ag that occur during the process of ' ' striking,” 
4.— What are the objects sought to be obtained in 
digging the soil? 
5.— Write as full and order erly a description as you 
can of ие 452 plant in common cultivation, through all 
atages of its growth, from the on of the 
7.—Deacribe the mode of 
M growth of the common 
8.— What is meant by “greenfly”? What is th 
best application to rid plants н З 
of this pest ? р growing out-of-doors 
Dryisiox B.—HonriCULTUBAL Practice, 
that 
infest such plants, and state the ethod 
adopted for their destruction, о» eje 
etails growing Pe pe 
the method of culture, time of sowing, &c. туй а 
e барт period ав РТИ", What i is the 
iL — What i is an alpine Pod ER 
understood in gardens? чачар an 
rally Describe the cultural 
CHRONICLE. 
{Jury 20, 1895, 
и» bs such plants, and the best way to 
propagate 
12, dni is is the ped Lei Le of Cauliflower 
and Broccoli? Give the method of culture, and the 
best varieties to obtain а яшы: ы: all the year 
- 
3.—Give some details of the e of Grape- 
vines under glass. Describe the diseases to which 
they are subject, and the insect pests whi ch attack 
them, and their cure 
14.—What kinds of fruit trees and bushes 
adapted for culture in small gardens? 
describe the best method м culture, and агг 
ment of the trees and bushe 
15.—Ia а walled garden, what kind of fruit trees 
! 
are beat 
Briefly 
ange- 
width of the borders and height of the walls, 
16.—(a). What do you consider the best class of 
soil for fruit trees, and how ought it to be prepared 
for them ? 
(5). Із there any method of culture likely to рге- 
vent canker in зо trees or gumming in Apricots, 
Cherries, and Pla 
A glance at dio 3 extract from the class 
list is sufficient to show the great advantage 
afforded by training and systematic study, Even 
as at Swanley, have the great advantage 
of being able to utilise their knowledge. We 
believe that many candidates fail, not so much 
from actual lack of knowledge as from want of 
care in reading the questions set. For the last 
two or three years candidates have, we learn, 
expected to be familiar from constant han 
or observation. Now this question is in many 
cases either shirked entirely, or the oandidate 
gives the details of gr concerning 
which nothing is asked. This seems to 8 
that candidates trust too Hor d to knowledge 
derived from books or lectures, and that they do 
not use their own eyes or trust to their on 
powers of observation and inference. 
Our FRUIT REPORT.—Our tabular report on thé 
condition of the fruit crop in Great Britain and 
некой, will appear in our issue for August 3, The 
marks on the crops kindly furnished by our corres 
9 will appear in subsequent numbers. 
HAND LIST OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS CULT! 
VATED IN THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW (sold at 
the Royal Gardens, Kew).—A useful list of alpin? 
and herbaceous plants cultivated at Kew, and num- 
bering about 6000 speci or the convenience of 
is printed on one side of the рай? _ 
the addition of 
& com 0 very great. 
bini the list necessarily eder ee best кз 
and thus supersedes ws fms cataloga?! 
piin ы ы all sorts, good indifferent, а 
or often out of cultivation. 
“ THE Kew BULLETIN” for 
contains a variety of interesting m 
to notes 
there are technical descriptions of newly- 
plants in the Solomon Islands, the Transvaal, 
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