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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



(G) Leaves : what they are, what they do ; Helps and Hindrances to their 

 work. 



(7) Tubers and Bulbs, Leaf -Buds and Flower Buds. 



(8) Growth and development : increase in size and changes of Composition 



and Structure ; Formation and Storage of Food Materials. 



(9) Flowers : their Component Parts ; what they do ; Artificial Fertilisation. 



(10) Fruit : Changes and Development during ripening ; Forms and 



Varieties, as, e.g., Apple, Strawberry, Plum, &c. 



(11) Seed : Formation of. 



(12) Variation and Selection. 



(13) Names and Orders of common Garden-Plants, Trees, etc. 



HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS AND PRACTICE. 



(1) Surveying and Landscape Gardening : Elements of. 



(2) Choice of Site for Garden. 



(3) Description and use of implements under each head. 



(4) Operations connected with the Cultivation of the Land, with explana- 



tions and illustrations of good and bad methods : Digging and 

 Trenching ; Draining ; Hoeing, Stirring the Soil, and Weeding ; 

 Watering; Preparation of Seed Beds; Rolling and Raking, Sowing, 

 Transplanting and thinning ; Potting, Planting : Aspects, Positions 

 and Shelter ; Staking ; Earthing and Blanching, &c. 



(5) Propagation. Elementary principles : Cuttings, Budding and Grafting, 



Stocks used, Layering, Division, Branch Pruning, Root Pruning ; 

 Old and Young Trees and Bushes. Training. 

 (G) 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 Roots ; Green Vegetables : Fruits and 



Seeds ; Rotation 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 advan- 

 tage 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" 

 (Macmillan & Co.), by Sir J. D. Hooker, K.C.S.I ; "Botany for 

 Beginners " and " Plant Life " (Bradbury, Agnew & Co.), by 

 M. T. Masters, M.D., F.R.S. ; "Popular Gardening," 4 vols. 

 (Cassell & Co.), edited by T. D. Fish ; "Epitome of Gardening" 

 (Adam Black & Co.), by T. Moore and M. T. Masters; 

 " Agriculture," parts i. & ii. (John Murray), by W. Fream, LL.D. ; 

 " Prize Essay on Fruit Culture," by J. Wright ; " Physiology of 

 Plants," by Professor Sorauer (Longmans, Green & Co.) ; 

 " Structural Botany," by Dr. D. H. Scott (Adam Black & Co.) ; 

 " Natural History of riants," by Keyner & Oliver (Blackie & Son). 



