196 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION IN 

 HORTICULTURE, 1902. 



The Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice of Horticulture 

 was held on April 23, 1902, when 229 papers were sent in. 



Three hundred marks were allotted as a maximum, and all candidates 

 who obtained 200 marks and upwards were placed in the First Class. 

 The total number was 97, or about 42*3 per cent. 



The highest number of marks, 285, was awarded to Miss W. M. 

 Buttenshaw, of the Horticultural College, Swanley, Kent. 



Those who secured 150 and less than 200 marks were placed in the 

 Second Class. The number was 98, or about 42*7 per cent. 



Those who obtained 100 marks and upwards were ranked in the Third 

 Class. The number was 28, or about 12 per cent. 



Six candidates obtaining less than 100 marks were not placed. 



A slight increase in the number of entries has occurred, 225 being that 

 of 1901 ; but still it falls considerably short of that in 1900, viz., 236. 



The percentage of the First Class was 48 in 1901, so that it has 

 somewhat fallen ; while that of the Second Class has risen from about 

 38 to 42. 



The percentage of the Third Class is nearly stationary, having only 

 slightly improved from 11 to 12. 



The lowering of the percentage of the First Class, as well as only 

 two candidates obtaining more marks than 275, is attributable to the 

 somewhat higher standard in the character of the questions. Some 

 students had evidently prepared themselves for meeting such questions 

 as might be asked upon the revised u Requirements." 



In the "Principles" there were no serious mistakes, but merely 

 varying degrees of knowledge upon the matter treated of in the replies. 

 The answers as a whole were well expressed, showing considerable care in 

 preparation. 



In the Horticultural practice department the candidates kept well to 

 the questions they had to deal with, except in the one relating to land- 

 scape gardening ; on this subject there is considerable room for improve 

 ment. It is a subject that might be dealt with in various phases, and 

 some of the candidates were fully alive to the main points they were 

 asked to deal with. Some of the other questions were not so much dealt 

 with in detail as they ought to have been ; owing to this very few obtained 

 the full number of marks. Tpon the w 7 hole the answers were very 

 satisfactory, and, as the questions were rather more difficult than on 

 previous occasions, the result is quite as good as we expected. 



j? . ( Geokge Henslow. 

 Jixamincrs - . _ 



( James Douglas. 



