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Student to acquire special knowledge of some particular branch of 

 Horticulture. Students to whom these awards are made will receive a 

 small remuneration and will be required to assist in demonstrating to 

 the junior students. 



Courses of Instruction. 



There will be two courses of instruction, an Elementary or first-year, 

 and an Advanced or second-year course. Each course will include 

 Laboratory Instruction in Elementary Science as applied to Horticulture, 

 together with Field work, and Garden Instruction in the Practical 

 Operations of Horticulture. Every Student will have an opportunity 

 of spending part of his two years in each department of the Garden, 

 and the practical work will be supplemented by lectures. Students will 

 have an opportunity of seeing the various trials and experimental 

 work in progress in the Garden. Selected Students have also the 

 advantage of attending certain of the Society's Shows and Lectures in 

 London. 



The Laboratory. 



The Laboratory accommodates twenty-four Students and is well lighted, 

 ventilated, and heated. 



Lockers are provided for the use of each Student, so that books and 

 apparatus may be kept under lock and key when not in actual use. 



Apparatus. — Each Student is provided with all the instruments and 

 materials needful in the practical work of the Laboratory (except knives, 

 books, and such like). Great care must be taken of these, and they 

 must always be left in good condition. Breakages will have to be paid 

 for by the breaker. 



Microscopes. — The microscopes provided must be placed in their 

 proper compartments in the microscope cupboard when not in actual use. 



Tables. — Students are expected to keep their work-tables clean and 

 tidy at all times. 



Library. — A library of books useful to Horticultural Students is 

 available for general use. 



The Garden. 



The Garden consists of about sixty acres of land presented to the 

 Society by the late Sir Thomas Hanbury, K.C.V.O., and includes the 

 celebrated wild garden of the late Mr. G. F. Wilson, V.M.H. Several 

 acres of fruit trees have since been planted, and an outdoor vineyard 

 has been started, as an experiment ; fine collections of flowering shrubs 

 and of roses have been presented ; trials of vegetables and of hardy 

 flowers and plants are continually in progress ; and an extensive range 

 of glass-houses, including orchard house, vinery, stove, propagating 

 pits, &c, has been erected, so that all departments of Horticulture 

 are represented. Each Student also has a small plot allotted to him ; 

 and a botanical garden in which plants are systematically arranged 

 according to a natural system of classification is in course of formation. 

 A well-equipped Meteorological Station is situated in the Garden, 



