64 JOUENAL OF THE KOYxVL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
EXAMINATION IN HORTICULTURE. 
1899. 
The Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice of Horticul- 
ture was held on April 11 : 165 papers were sent in. 
Three hundred marks were allotted as a maximum, and all candidates 
who obtained 200 marks and upwards w^ere placed in the first class. 
The total number was 80, or 48'4 per cent. 
The highest number of marks (285) was awarded to Mr. Harrington 
H. Eaton, from the County Technical School, Stafford. 
Those who secured 150 and less than 200 marks were placed in the 
second class. The number was 50, or 30*3 per cent. 
Those who obtained 100 and upwards were ranked in the third class. 
The number was 30, or 18"1 per cent. 
Five candidates, obtaining less than 100 marks, were not placed. 
Comparing the results with those of the last two years, the entry has 
fallen from 190 (in 1898) to 165, the percentages of the number in each 
class being as follows : — 
1897 (184). 1898 (190). 189!) (165). 
First class 48-3 ... 45-7 ... 48-4 
Second class 29-8 ... 32*6 ... 30-3 
Third class 15-2 ... 19-0 ... 18-1 
Not classed 6-5 ... 2-6 ... 3-0 
The answers were, on the Avhole, again very satisfactorily given, 
no very serious mistakes occurring anywhere. The purely botanical 
questions dealing with the structure and classification of floAvers were 
generally avoided, but the physiological questions were mostly chosen, 
and were well answered. 
It is very gratifying to report that there is again a general improve- 
ment in the department of Practical Horticulture. The candidates have 
more fully described the minor details : this is important. Candidates 
should also realise that it is only by grasping the full meaning of the 
questions that they may expect to obtain the highest honours. Some 
candidates wandered from the question, and answered what was not in it, 
and in this way wasted time which might have been of much value near 
the close of the examination. These were exceptions ; but it is well to 
allude to them. 
George Henslo\v, 1 ^ 
Jas. Douglas, / -Exawmer^. 
