190 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXAMINATION IN HORTICULTURE. 



1. The Council of The Royal Hokticultural Society, sympathising 

 with the efforts of various County Councils, Technical Institutes, Schools, 

 Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Societies, and other bodies to promote 

 instruction in Practical Horticulture by means of Lectures, Demonstra- 

 tions, &c, and in the hope of rendering such teaching more definite and 

 effective, have consented to hold an Examination in Horticulture on 

 April 23, 1903. 



2. The following is an Outline Syllabus showing the nature of the 

 subjects to which it is considered desirable that the attention of Students 

 should be drawn : — 



ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES 



On which Horticultural Practice is based. 



(1) Soils, good and bad : their Mineral Composition; Chemical Nature of Fertilisers 



and their respective values. 



(2) The Physiological Values of Water, Heat, and Air in Plant Growth. 



(3) The Structure of Seeds and their Modes of Germination ; the Chemical Pheno- 



mena of Germination ; the Movements of Seedlings and the Uses of them. 



(4) The Functions of Roots ; their Anatomical Structure ; Hindrances to Healthy 



Root-action and their remedies. 



(5) The Uses of Stems and Branches ; the Anatomical Structure of ordinary 



Dicotyledonous and of a Monocotyledonous Stem. 



•(6) The Physiological Functions of Leaves, and the Action of Light upon them. 



(7) The Structure of Tubers and other Subterranean Stems ; the Structure of Bulbs 



and Buds ; the General Phenomena of Vegetative Multiplication. 



(8) The Physiological Processes undergone in Growth and Development ; the 



Structure of an Active Cell, and the process of Cell-division and the formation 

 of Tissues. 



(9) The Structure of Flower-buds and of Flowers; the Methods of Pollination, 



Natural and Artificial. 



(10) The Process of Impregnation of the Ovule, and the Formation of Embryo and 



Endosperm. 



(11) The Classification and Description of Fruits; the Changes and Development 



during Ripening. 



(12) The General Characters of the Commoner Families of Plants in Cultivation. 

 (18) The Origin of Species. 



HOKTICULTUKAL OPERATIONS AND PRACTICE. 



(1) Surveying and Landscape Gardening, Elements of. 



(2) Choice of Site for Garden. 



(8) Description and use of Implements under each head. 



«(4) Operations connected with the Cultivation of the Land, with explanations and 

 illustrations of good and bad methods ; Digging and Trenching; Draining; 

 Hoeing, Stirring the Soil, and Weeding; Watering; Preparation of Seed 



