EXAMINATION IN HORTICULTUKE, 1904. 



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EXAMINATION IN HORTICULTURE, 1904. 



The Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice of Horticulture 

 was held on April 20, 1904, when 190 papers were sent in. 



Three hundred marks were allotted as a maximum, all candidates who 

 obtained 250 marks and upwards being placed in the First Class. The 

 total number of these was 35, or about 18*3 per cent, of the whole. 



Those who secured 200 marks and less than 250 were placed in the 

 Second Class. Their number was 93, or about 49*2 per cent. 



Those who obtained 100 marks and upwards were placed in the Third 

 Class, their number being 62, or about 32*4 per cent. 



There has been a slight decrease in the number of candidates, as 198 

 offered themselves in 1903, and 229 in 1902. This is probably the result 

 of a somewhat more advanced syllabus. 



There has, however, been a considerable advance in the quality of the 

 papers, as shown by the percentages ; for in 1903 the First Class was 

 only 7*6 per cent., the Second Class 31*3 per cent., and the Third Class 

 about 56 per cent. These facts were commented on in the Keport of last 

 year (Journal Royal Hort. Soc, Vol. XXVIII., p. 119). 



Year by year the students exhibit a better knowledge of practical 

 horticulture, nearly all the questions bearing upon the culture of fruit 

 trees and vegetables being this year well answered. Most of the candidates 

 have also a good knowledge of artificial manures and their application to 

 the crops in the kitchen and fruit garden. The question referring to 

 conservatory decoration was not very well treated. Many of the candidates 

 could name only a few of quite the commoner plants, and could give but 

 meagre directions for culture. It may also be well to urge candidates again 

 to keep as closely as possible to the terms of the questions ; in many 

 instances much unnecessary labour was bestowed and time wasted on the 

 first and second questions answered, leaving not nearly enough for the 

 third and fourth. Some of the candidates answered three only of the 

 four questions they ought to have answered; whereas if they had 

 apportioned the time necessary for each question, they might easily have 

 answered all four. 



George Henslow, M.A., V.M.H. 

 Jas. Douglas, V.M.H. 





First Class. 



No. of Marks 

 gained. 



1. 



Verrall, F. M., Sunnyside, College Road, Harrow . 



. 280 





Abercrombie, L, Swanley College .... 



. 275 



1 



Colson, E., Lady Warwick College, Studley . 



. 275 



Evans, A. B., Barnwood, Gloucester 



. 275 





Fotheringham, G. H., Swanley College . 



. 275 





v Steenwjk, de V. V., Swanley College 



. 275 



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