158 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



R.H.S. EXAMINATIONS IN 1909. 



1. — GENERAL EXAMINATION. 



Candidates must be eighteen years of age or over eighteen. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1909. 



The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society, sympathising with the efforts of 

 various County Councils, Technical Institutes, Schools, Gardeners' Mutual Improve- 

 ment Societies, and other bodies to promote instruction in Practical Horticulture by 

 means of Lectures, Demonstrations, &c, and in the hope of rendering such teaching 

 more definite and effective, have consented to hold an Examination in Horticulture 

 ,m Wednesday, April 21, 1909. 



A Scholarship of £25 a year for two years is offered by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, to be awarded after the General Examination, to be held on April 21, 1909, 

 to the Student who shall pass highest, if he is willing to accept the conditions attach- 

 ing thereto. The main outline of these conditions is that the holder must be of the 

 male sex, and between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two years, and that he should 

 study gardening for one year at least at the Society's Gardens at Wisley, conforming 

 to tllr general rules laid down there for Students. 



2. — GENERAL EXAMINATION. 



For Juniors under eighteen years of age. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1909. 



An Examination will also be held on Wednesday, April 21, 1909, for candidates 

 under the age of eighteen years. Candidates will be expected to possess a knowledge of 

 certain of the more elementary portions of the Syllabus of the General Examination. 



3.-SCH00L TEACHERS' EXAMINATION IN COTTAGE AND 

 ALLOTMENT GARDENING. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1909. 



The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society will hold an Examination in 

 Cottage and Allotment Gardening on Wednesday, April 28, 1909. This Examination 

 is intended for, and will be confined to, Elementary and Technical School Teachers. 

 It has been undertaken in view of the increasing demand, especially in country 

 districts, that the School Teachers shall be competent to teach the elements of 

 Cottage and Allotment Gardening, and of the absence of any test whatever of such 

 capacity. 



4.— PUBLIC PARKS EXAMINATION. 



MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1909. 



Intense! only for men employed in Public Parks and Gardens belonging to County 

 Councils. City C jrporations. and similar bodies, and not for general Gardeners. 



The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society has consented to hold a Special 

 Examination for Gardeners employed in the London and other City and Public 

 Parkfi :iud Gardens oil Monday, January 11, 1909, at their Hall in Vincent Square, 

 W<sl minster. 



Copies of the 1909 Syllabus, covering the Examinations mentioned above, may be 

 obtained from the Society's Offices, Vincent Square, London, S.W. A stamped 

 addressed envelope should he enclosed. 



