R.H.S. EXAMINATIONS IN HORTICULTURE, 



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 

 on 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 the general rules laid down there for Students. 



2. — GENERAL EXAMINATION. 



For Juniors under eighteen years of age. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1909. 



Candidates will be expected to possess a general elementary knowledge of the 

 following subjects : — 



1. Surveying and Laudscape Gardening : Elements of. 



2. Choice of Site for Garden. 



3. Description and use of Implements under each head. 



4. Operations connected with the Cultivation of the Laud, with explanations and illustrations of 



good and bad methods : Digging and Trenching : Draining : Hoeing, Stirring the Soil, and 

 Weeding; Watering: Preparation of Seed Beds; Rolling and Raking, Sowing, Transplanting 

 and Thinning; Potting, Planting; Aspects, Positions and Shelter; Staking; Earthing and 

 Blanching. Jtc. 



5. Propagation, Elementary Principles ; Cuttings, Buddings and Grafting. Stocks used. Layering, 



Division, Branch Pruning, Root Pruning; Old and Young Trees and Bushes. Training. 



6. Fruit Culture : Open Air and under Glass ; Small Fruits ; Apples and Pears ; Stone Fruits ; 



Gathering and Storing ; Packiug and Marketing. General Kuowledge of Fruits, and Selection 

 of Varieties. 



7. Vegetable Culture : Tubers and Roots ; Green Vegetables ; Fruits and Seeds ; Rotation of Crops, 



and Selection of Varieties. 



8. Flower Culture, Outside and Under Glass. 



9. Manures and their Application. 



10. Improvement of Plants by Crossbreeding, Hybridisation and Selection. 



11. Arboriculture : Trees and Shrubs and their Culture. 



12. Insect and Fungus Pests : Prevention and Treatment. 



3.-SCH00L TEACHERS' EXAMINATION IN COTTAGE AND 

 ALLOTMENT GARDENING. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1909. 

 The Eoyal Horticultural Society will hold an Examination in Cottage and Allot- 

 ment 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. 

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

 Councils, City Corporations, 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 

 Parks and Gardens on Monday, January 11, 1909, at their Hall in Vincent Square, 

 Westminster. 



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

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



R.H.S. Advertisement Office :-VINCENT SQUARE, WESTMINSTER, S.W. 



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