QUALIFiCATlONS FOR THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 



6. Registered candidates before sitting for the Preliminary Examination 

 must, by tlie date of the examination 



{a) Have reached the age of 21 years, and 



(6) Have 



(1) served at least four years in a public or private garden or 



nursery ; or 



(2) taken a four years' course in an approved H.orticultural 



Institution, and have received a satisfactory report as 

 regards conduct and work from the authorities of such 

 Institution ; or 



(3) partly as in (i) and partly as in (2). 



Application to sit for the Examination must be made before the end of 

 February on forms to be obtained from the Secretary, R.H.S., Vincent Square, 

 Westminster. {See paragraph 11.) 



Note. — It is absolutely necessary for all Candidates for the Diploma to pass 

 the Preliminary Examination before they can enter for the Final, but the Pre- 

 liminary Examination by itself does not entitle those who pass it to any form 

 of Diploma. 



QUALIFICATIONS FOR FINAL EXAMINATION. 



7. The Final Examination is only open to those who 



{a) Can produce a Certificate showing they have been employed not less 

 than six years regularly in the Practice of Horticulture and 



{b) Have passed the Preliminary Examination. 



N.B. — It will be noticed that those who can comply with {a) may take the 

 Final Examination the year after passing the Preliminary Examination. 



The Practice of Horticulture includes the following : — Florists, Fruit Growers, 

 Gardeners, Horticultural Inspectors, Horticultural Instructors, Landscape 

 Gardeners, Market Gardeners, Nurserymen, Public Park Gardeners, and Seeds- 

 men. {See footnote page i.) 



8. Candidates for the Final Examination must give at least four months 

 notice to the Society of their intention to present themselves in order that sufh- 

 cient arrangements may be made. {See paragraph 11.) 



