EXAMINATION IN HORTICULTURE. 



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4. The examination will be held simultaneously in as many 

 different centres in Great Britain and Ireland as circumstances 

 may demand. 



5. The examination will for the most part be based on the 

 above outline syllabus of " Elementary Principles of Horticul- 

 tural Operations and Practice," but arrangements will be made, 

 as far as possible, to frame the questions so as to cover the 

 ground of any syllabus sent up for that purpose. It will, how- 

 ever, in all cases, be absolutely essential for students to exhibit 

 a sufficient knowledge of the " Elementary Principles " named 

 in the above syllabus. 



6. 300 marks will be given as a maximum. Candidates 

 gaining 200 marks and over will be placed in the first class. 

 Those gaining 150 to 200 will be placed in the second class, 

 and those gaining between 100 and 150 will be placed in the 

 third class. Candidates failing to obtain 100 marks will not be 

 classed. 



7. The Koyal Horticultural Society will award a Silver Gilt 

 Medal to the candidate gaining the highest number of marks, and 

 will also, if the County Council or other body promoting the 

 lectures wish it. deliver to their candidates certificates of the class 

 in which they shall have passed. 



8. County Councils, lecturers, &c, must send in to the Society 

 the actual number of candidates at each proposed centre at least 

 ten days before the examination takes place. 



9. Gardeners and students wishing to sit for the examina- 

 tion, but who have not attended any particular series of lectures, 

 must send in their name and address, and also the name and 

 address of some responsible person willing to conduct the 

 examination (see par. 14), to the Secretary, E.H.S., 117 Victoria 

 Street, Westminster, at least three weeks before the date of 

 examination. 



10. A small capitation fee of 3s. will be charged for every 

 student, in order to partially defray the expenses of the 

 examination. 



11. County Councils, lecturers, and others desiring to have 

 an examination held in their neighbourhood, must also send in 

 the full name and address (with designation or occupation) of 

 one responsible person for each proposed centre, who will under- 

 take to supervise the examination in accordance with the Society's 

 rules. 



