xciv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



GENERAL EXAMINATION IN HORTICULTURE. 

 March 20, 1918. 



Seniors. 



One hundred and thirty-four candidates entered for the Society's 

 General Examination for Seniors held on March 20, 1918. Four 

 were absent, and eleven were not placed. 



The Examiners, the Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H., and 

 Mr. James Hudson, V.M.H., report that of the candidates there were 

 none whose papers were of sufficient merit to warrant a place in the 

 First Class ; 11, or 8 per cent., were placed in the Second Class, and 

 108, or 80 per cent., in the Third Class. 



In Section A (Principles), a large number of candidates answered 

 fairly well the first two questions dealing with the nature of the soil, 

 and with the importance of light, their significance in cultivation 

 being understood. 



In Section B (Operations and Practice), those questions having 

 a bearing on practical work were, on the whole, well understood. 



Juniors. 



Twenty-five candidates entered for the Juniors' Examination, and 

 of these three secured a Second Class, four a Third, and nine a Fourth 

 Class. 



Now that the teaching of gardening is to be given a more prominent 

 place in the country's educational curriculum, and special provisions 

 for it are made in the new Education Act, it is hoped that in future 

 years there will be a very large number of entries of the elder school 

 boys and girls for this examination. Anyone of seventeen years of 

 age and under can enter for it. 



April 30, 1918. W. Wilks, Secretary. 



Seniors. 

 Class 2. 



j i Johns, Thos. D., Cartref, Bryn Road, Tondu, Bridgend. 

 ' t Rogerson, Violet C, Aldersey Hall College, Chester. 



3. Angall, Audrey, Studley College, Warwickshire. 



4. Hazell, Margaret, Thatcham Fruit and Flower Farm, Newbury. 

 Daltry, Phyllis, Thatcham Fruit and Flower Farm, Newbury. 

 Twigg, Beatrice B., Thatcham Fruit and Flower Farm, Newbury. 



.Willett. Dorothy, Thatcham Fruit and Flower Farm, Newbury. 

 Cole, W. E., Dyrham, Staple Hill, Bristol. 

 Jeffries, Dorothy I., Studley College, Warwickshire. 

 Epps, Mary T., School of Gardening, Clapham, Worthing. 

 Swiffen, Doris, Studley College, Warwickshire. 



