cvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 

 EXAMINATIONS, 1908. 



GENERAL EXAMINATION. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1908. 



The Society's Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice of 

 Horticulture will be held on Wednesday, April 8th, 1 908. 



The Society is willing to hold an Examination wherever a 

 magistrate, clergyman, schoolmaster, or other responsible person 

 accustomed to Examinations will consent to supervise one on the 

 Society's behalf, and in accordance with the rules laid down for its 

 conduct. 



A copy of the Syllabus, covering both Examinations, will be sent to 

 any person on receipt of a stamped and directed envelope. 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 



A Scholarship of £25 a year for two years is offered by the Worship- 

 ful Company of Gardeners to be awarded after the 1908 examination, 

 to the student who shall pass highest, if he is willing to accept the 

 conditions attaching thereto. The main outline of these conditions is 

 that the holder must be of the male sex, and between the ages of 18 

 and 22 years, and that he should study gardening for one year at least 

 at the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley, conforming 

 to the general rules laid down there for Students. In the second year 

 of the Scholarship he may, if he like, continue his studies at some 

 other place at home or abroad which is approved by the Council of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society. In case of two or more eligible students 

 being adjudged equal, the Council reserve to themselves the right 

 to decide which of them shall be presented to the Scholarship. 



Similar Scholarships have been presented by : — 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., in 1894. 



Baron Schroder, V.M.H., in 1895. 



The Worshipful Company of Gardeners, 1896. 



N. N. Sherwood, Esq., V.M.H., 1897. 



G. W. Burrows, Esq., 1898. 



The Right Hon. the Lord Amherst, 1899. 



Henry Wood, Esq., 1900. 



P. G. Ivey, Esq., 1901, 



Sir William Farmer, 1902. 



E. A. Strauss, Esq., 1903. 



The Worshipful Company of Gardeners, 1906. 



Royal Horticultural Society, 1907. 



Copies of the Questions set at the Examinations 1893-1907 

 (price 2/-) may be obtained at the R.H.S. Office, Vincent Square, 

 London, S.W. 



