96 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Candidates would have a clearer conception of plant life if they paid 

 greater attention to such details. The most serious failing — not, 

 perhaps, so much as regards mere facts as in the attitude of mind 

 betrayed — appeared in the answers concerning garden pests. Few 

 candidates showed how an accurate knovdedge of the structure, habits, 

 and life-history of a pest can be made the basis for the discovery of a 

 practical method for dealing with it. It is of little use being told to 

 spray for the caterpillar of the winter moth if when, and with what, 

 are not stated ; and to have assurance to give reliable directions 

 on such matters, a definite and complete knowledge of the pest is 

 the only sure ground to work upon. Many stated that a caustic 

 wash would kill eggs of winter moth, and the like, but this is 

 erroneous, and ought, with the old error that the cabbage white 

 butterfly pupates in the soil, to be relegated to the hmbo of mistaken 

 notions which scientific investigation has exposed. 



W. WiLKS, Secretary. 



First Class. 



I. Warren, W. L., 2 Lovewell Road, S. Lowestoft. 



(Hird, R. W., 13 Roker Park Road South, Sunderland. 

 ^•(Parker, C. McColvin, i Relton Terrace, Monkseaton. 



4. Davies, D. E., 3 Northway, Winnington, Northwich. 



5. Harris, W. L., Dursley, Bosham, Sussex. 



f Jeffery, E. R, Mayford, Harefield, Middlesex. 

 6.] King, W. F. W., St. Mark's College, Chelsea. 

 iLesHe, G. H., 26 Penn Lea Road, Bath. 



/'Matthews, R. G., Waterloo House, Osborne Road, S. Farn- 

 9. \ borough. 



i Tipping, C. H., Brocknampton, St. Luke's Road, Cheltenham. 



(Barnes, H. J., School House, Happisburgh. 

 ii.iHorton, W., 266 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone. 



ISkilton, W. J., School House, Bentley, nr. Farnham. 



rDriver, J. W., 16 Roundhay Place, Harehills Lane, Leads. 

 ■^4-|wimams, T. C, Coedcae, St. Alban's Road, Treherbert. 

 16. Jones, L. G. E., School House, Colwich, Staffs. 



fCoUomosse, W., Coronation Terrace, Nab Lane, Mirfield. 

 ly.jDanvers, E., Leicester Road, Shepshed, nr. Loughborough. 



[steer. P., 36 Leamington Gardens, Seven Kings. 



(Cooper, A. E., 6 Clinton Road, Leatherhead. 

 ^^•(Hinchley, G. W., 31 Frederick Road, Wylde Green. 

 22. PhiUips, C. A., 5 Ashlar Road, Waterloo. 



/Fordham, R. R., Station Road, Potton, Sandy. 

 Paterson, J., 11 Thorpe Street, Scarcroft Road, York. 

 Steers, V. E., Holly Lodge, Swaffham. 



) Steventon, E. K., School House, Flecknoe, Rugby. 

 Waldron, E., School House, Pencombe, Worcester. 



\Woodhouse, H., Arksey, Doncaster. 



