For Forms of Entry for the Examination, apply to the Secretary. R.H.S., 

 Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. All Entries must be received by 

 the end of February. 



Established 

 A.D. 1804. 



Incorpopated 

 A.D. 1809. 



IRoipal IDorticiiltutal Society. 



VINCENT SQUARE, LONDON, S.W. 

 Secretary: The REV. W. WiLKS, M.A., V.M.H. 



Telegrams: " HORTENSIA SOWEST LONDON." Telephone: VICTORIA, No. 5363. 



EXAMINATIONS 



FOE THE 



NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTURE. 



JUNE, 1915. 



{The exact dates will be advertised in the Press in due course.) 



It has long been felt desirable in horticultural circles that some 

 Diploma should be available for Professional Gardeners, the holding of 

 which should be an indication of real professional ability. In 1912 

 the Council of the R.H.S. accordingly approached the Board of Agri- 

 culture on the subject, with the result that the approval of the Board 

 was given to the proposal, and authority from His Majesty's Govern- 

 ment was given for the Diploma to carry the title " National." 



The Examinations will, as far as possible, be held in the latter 

 part of June of each year. 



Among those for whose benefit the Diploma is established are^the 

 following : — Florists, Fruit Growers, Gardeners, Horticultural In- 

 spectors, ^Horticultural Instructors, Landscape Gardeners, Market 

 Gardeners, Nurserymen, Public Park Gardeners, and Seedsmen. 



Horticulture is defined as follows : — 



" Horticulture is a definite craft of itself and not a Department of 

 Agriculture. Horticulture, as differentiated from Agriculture, includes 

 the more intensive cultivation (as usually practised in Gardens) of 

 Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Shrubs, and Ornamental Trees." 



* This does not include a School Master or Mistress who is engaged in teaching other subjects 

 in schools, but applies only to persons whose chief work in life is de\'oted to giving instruction in 

 horticulture. The Examination is for the horticultural profession only. 



