CCXXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Examinations will be practical, viva voce, and written. The 

 practical part will be held in suitable gardens at convenient centres in 

 the country. A Preliminary Examination (the first was held in June 

 1914) will be held annually. The first Final Examination will be 

 held in June 191 5 about the same time as the Second Preliminary. The 

 Final is open only to those who have passed the Preliminary and 

 can produce a Certificate showing they have been employed regularly 

 for not less than six years in the Practice of Horticulture. 



Among those for whose benefit the Diploma is established are 

 the following : — Florists, Fruit Growers, Gardeners, Horticultural 

 Inspectors, Horticultural Instructors (not School Teachers giving 

 instruction in other subjects), Landscape Gardeners, Market Gardeners, 

 Nurserymen, Pubhc Park Gardeners, and Seedsmen. 



Full information may be obtained from the Secretary, Royal 

 Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, S.W, 



24. EXAMINATIONS, 1915. 



1. The Annual General Examination in the Principles and 

 Practice of Horticulture will be held on March 31, 1915. It has 

 two divisions, viz. {a) for Candidates of eighteen years of age and 

 over, and (b) for Juniors under eighteen years. Particulars for 1915 

 may be obtained by sending a stamped and directed envelope to the 

 Society's ofiices. Copies of the Questions set from 1893 to 191 4 

 (price 2s. post free) may also be obtained from the office. The Society 

 is willing to hold an Examination wherever a magistrate, clergyman, 

 schoolmaster, or other responsible person accustomed to examinations 

 will consent to supervise one on the Society's behalf. 



In connexion with this Examination a Scholarship of £25 a year 

 for two years is offered by the Royal Horticultural Society, to 

 be awarded after the 191 5 Examination to the student who shall 

 pass highest, if he is willing to accept the conditions attaching thereto. 

 The main outline of these conditions is that the holder must be of the 

 male sex, and between the ages of 18 and 22 years, and that he should 

 study gardening for one year at least at the Society's Gardens at 

 Wisley, conforming to the general rules laid down there for Students. 

 In the second year of the Scholarship he may, if he like, continue his 

 studies at some other place at home or abroad which is approved 

 by the Council of the Society. In case of two or more eligible students 

 being adjudged equal, the Council reserve to themselves the right to 

 decide which of them shall be presented to the Scholarship. 



2. The Society will also hold an Examination in Cottage Gardening 

 on April 14, 1915. This Examination is intended for, and is confined 

 to, Elementary and Technical School Teachers. It is undertaken 

 in view of the increasing demand in country districts that the School- 

 master shall be competent to teach the elements of Cottage Gardening, 

 and the absence of any test of such competence. The conduct of this 



