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Beds ; Rolling and Raking, Sowing, Transplanting and Thinning ; Potting, 

 Planting; Aspects, Positions and Shelter; Staking; Earthing and Blanch- 

 ing, etc. 



(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 ; Packing and Marketing. General 

 Knowledge of Fruits, and Selection of Varieties. 



(7) Vegetable Culture : Tubers and Boots ; Green Vegetables ; Fruits and Seeds ; 



Botation of Crops and Selection of Varieties. 



(8) Flower Culture, Outside and Under Glass. 



(9) Manures and their Application. 



(10) Improvement of Plants by Cross-breeding, Hybridisation and Selection. 



(11) Arboriculture : Trees and Shrubs and their Culture. 



(12) Insect and Fungus Pests ; Prevention and Treatment. 



3. Students and young gardeners not having had the advantage of 

 attending Lectures, but wishing to present themselves at some one of the 

 Centres for Examination, might with advantage consult some of the 

 following works : — 



Primer of Botany," by Sir J. D. Hooker, 

 K.C.S.I. (Macmillan & Co., 30 Bed- 

 ford Street, W.C.) Is. 



Elementary Botany," by Prof. Percy 

 Groom (Bell & Sons, Covent Garden). 

 3s. 6rZ. 



Elementary Botany," by J. W. Oliver. 

 (Blackie & Sons, 50 Old Bailey, E.C.) 

 2s. 



Botany for Beginners," by Professor 

 Henslow. (Stanford.) 2s. 67Z. 



Floral Dissections," by Prof. Henslow. 

 (Stanford.) 4s. 



How to Study Wild Flowers," by Prof. 

 Henslow. ' (R.T.S.) 2s. M. 



Structural Botany " (Flowering Plants), 

 by Dr. D. H. Scott. (A. & C. Black, 

 Soho Square, W.C.) 3s. 6c~Z. 



Plant Life," by Dr. M. T. Masters, 

 F.R.S. (Vinton & Co., 9 New Bridge 

 Street, E.C.) 2s. 6<Z. 



Elements of Agriculture," by W.Fream, 

 LL.D. (J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 

 W.) 3s. Qd. . 



Plant Breeding," by L. H. Bailey. 

 Macmillan Co.) 4s. 



Primer of Horticulture," by J. Wright, 

 V.M.H. (Macmillan & Co.) Is. 



Physiology of Plants," by Dr. Paul 

 Sorauer. Longmans, Green & Co., 

 39 Paternoster Row, E.C.) 9s. 



Chemistry of the Garden," by H. 

 Cousins. (Macmillan & Co.) Is. 



Diseases of Plants," by H. Marshall 

 Ward. (S.P.C.K., Northumberland 

 Avenue, W.C.) 2s. U. 



Profitable Fruit Growing," by J. Wright, 

 V.M.H. (Journal of Horticulture, 

 12 Mitre Court Chambers, E.C.) 

 Is. M. 



Art of Budding and Grafting," by C. 

 Baltet. (Crosby Lockwood, Sta 

 tioners' Hall Court, E.C.) 2s. Gd. 



Pruning," by L. H. Bailey. (Mac- 

 millan & Co.) 5s. 



Natural History of Plants." 2 vols. 

 By Kerner and Oliver. (Blackie ct 

 Son.) 50s. 



4. The Examination will be held simultaneously in as many different 

 centres in Great Britain and Ireland as circumstances may demand. The 

 time allowed for the Examination is 2k hours, the hour fixed being 

 generally from 7 to 9.30 p.m. 



5. The Examination will for the most part be based on the above 

 Outline Syllabus of " Elementary Principles of Horticultural Operations 

 and Practice." 



6. Three hundred Marks will be given as a maximum. Candidates 

 gaining 200 Marks and over will be placed in the First Class. Those 



