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very much in evidence. In view of the fact, however, that many of 

 the candidates live in large towns, where opportunities of gaining a 

 practical knowledge of gardening are — or until the last year or two 

 were — very restricted, this, although much to be regretted, is perhaps 

 not easily avoided. 



Question 9. — The treatment of fruit-bushes was imperfectly under- 

 stood. Many grouped the various kinds together, such as Black 

 Currants and Raspberries, or Red Currants and Gooseberries, and 

 thus failed to do full justice to any of them. A few good diagrams 

 were given, and a small proportion of the answers were good. 



Question 10 was not well answered. In many cases there was 

 no description or proper comparison, and in very few instances was 

 a distinction made between the tuberous stem-tuber of the potato 

 and the roo/-tuber of the Dahlia, both being given as examples of 

 stem-tubers. The corm was rarely correctly described. 



In Section B the answers were very unequal in value, and many 

 candidates read the questions so carelessly that their replies were 

 quite irrelevant. For instance, Question 11 asked how adequate 

 supplies of air, heat, and moisture could be secured to seeds for germina- 

 tion. Yet some told how an adequate supply of seeds for next season's 

 sowing might be obtained ; others wrote of developing plants instead 

 of seeds ; some put seeds into a dark cupboard in order to deprive 

 them of air ; several " mulched with liquid manure " ; not a few 

 told how seeds shrivel or wither in a dry jar ! Answers given to 

 other questions were often similarly at fault. 



Candidates would do well to remember that the Examiners require 

 direct answers to the questions asked, instead of writing around a 

 particular point. 



Generally speaking, while in a few cases answers were good, the 

 Examiners feel that either the scientific principles underlying garden- 

 ing are as a rule ill-taught, or that candidates estimate far too lightly 

 the study necessary to grasp these principles. 



W. Wilks, Secretary. 

 By Order of the Council and Board of Examiners. 



Class I. 



1. Davies, E. T., Craigfryn, Puncheston. 



2. Neale, R. A., 15 Morley Street, Kettering. 

 f Harding, C. S., School House, Starcross. 



*' I Squire, Miss E. A., Training College, Norwich. 



5. Roper, Miss M. E., Ingle Dene, Nantwich. 



6. Djrrington, H., 93 Greville Road, Southville. 



f Purkiss, Miss J. M., 130 Grange Park Road, Leyton. 



t Telford, F. H., 35 Tavistock Road, West Jesmond. 

 9. Kirk, Miss N. R., 25 Wheathill Road, Anerley. 



f Diggens, Miss A. M., Schjol House, Falmer, Lewes. 

 ' \ Freemantlc, Miss K. V., 10 Ranelagh Road, Winchester. 



f Carr, R. H. M., 12 Hawthorne Grove, Combe Down. 

 ' \ Veevers, W. E., 6 School Terrace, Clitheroe. 



, G)le, W. E., Dyrham, Staple Hill, Bristol. 



t Edwards, D. T., School House, Ynysybwl. 



