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SYLLABUS, 



l.~QUALIFYINQ TEST. 



Candidates requiring to take this test (paragraph 5) will be expected to 



15. Write on some given subject of general knowledge as a test of their hand- 

 writing, spelling, and ability to express themselves clearly and grammatically. 



16. Show an acquaintance with arithmetic up to and including decimals and 

 elementary mensuration. The questions asked will usually be such as might 

 occur in ordinary garden practice. 



17. Have a general elementary|knowledge of geography, such as the relative 

 positions of the principal countries of the world with some knowledge of their 

 climates and of the causes which determine climate. 



At this stage no special knowledge of plants will be expected of the candidates. 



II.— PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 



18. The Preliminary Examination will be based upon the general principles 

 of plant-growing, and an elementary'' knowledge of botany, chemistry, and 

 phyvsics so far as acquaintance with these subjects is essential to an understanding 

 of garden practice. Care will be taken to ascertain that the Candidate is able 

 to perform the operations of gardening with proper skill, and also that he under- 

 stands the reasons for the methods employed. 



The Examination will be based on the subjects mentioned in the following 

 syllabus, more questions being asked than will be required to be answered, so 

 that candidates will be given considerable choice. 



SYLLABUS. 



19. Choice of site, laying out, levelling, etc.. of a garden. 



20. Composition of soils, and the manner of their formation. 



21. Cultivation of the soil ; trenching, digging, hoeing, raldng, rolling ; 

 drainage and its eifects upon soil and crops ; the relation of the plant to the soil ; 

 the making of composts. 



22. Preparation of the ground for crops and rotation in cropping. 



23. Nature and uses of manures in the garden. 



24. The part play^ed by root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, and seed in the life 

 of the plant. The effect of water, air, light,. and temperature on the growth of 

 plants, and the influence of these on the choice of aspect and soil. 



