216 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXAMINATIONS IN HORTICULTURE, 1907. 



Syllabus of the General Examination, April 10 ; School 

 Teachers' Examination, April 24 ; Public Parks Examina- 

 tion, January 14. 



L— GENERAL EXAMINATION, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1907. 



1. The Council of The Royal Horticultural Society, sympa- 

 thising with the efforts of various County Councils, Technical Institutes, 

 Schools, Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Societies, and other bodies to 

 promote instruction in Practical Horticulture by means of Lectures, 

 Demonstrations, &c, and in the hope of rendering such teaching more 

 definite and effective, have consented to hold an Examination in 

 Horticulture on Wednesday, April 10, 1907. 



2. The following is an outline Syllabus, showing the nature of the 

 subjects to which it is considered desirable that the attention of 

 Students should be drawn. 



ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES ON WHICH HORTICULTURAL PRACTICE 



IS BASED. 



(1) Soils, good and bad : their Mineral Composition ; Chemical Nature of 

 Fertilisers and their respective values. 



(2) The Physiological values of Water, Heat, and Air in Plant Growth. 



(3) The Structure of Seeds and their Modes of Germination ; 'the Chemical 

 Phenomena of Germination ; the Movements of Seedlings and the Uses of them. 



(4) The Functions of Roots ; their Anatomical Structure ; Hindrances to Healthy 

 Root-action and their remedies. 



(5) The Uses of Stems and Branches ; the Anatomical Structure of an ordinary 

 Dicotyledonous and of a Monocotyledonous Stem. 



(G) The Physiological Functions of Leaves, and the Action of Light upon them. 



(7) The Structure of Tubers and other Subterranean Stems ; the Structure of 

 Bulbs and Buds; the General Phenomena of Vegetative Multiplication. 



(8) The Physiological Processes undergone in Growth and Development ; the 

 Structure of an Active Cell, and the Process of Cell-division and the Formation of 

 Tissues. 



(9) The Structure of Flower-buds and of Flowers ; the Methods of Pollination, 

 Natural and Artificial. 



(10) The Process of Impregnation of the Ovule, and the Formation of Embryo and 

 Endosperm. 



(11) The Classification and Description of Fruits ; the Changes and Development 

 during Ripening. 



(12) The General Characters of the Commoner Families of Plants in Cultivation. 



(13) The Origin of Species. 



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 explanations and 

 illustrations of good and bad methods ; Digging and Trenching ; Draining ; Hoeing, 

 Stirring the Soil, and Weeding ; Watering; Preparation of Seed Beds ; Rolling and 



