170 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTURE. 
The third Final and the fourth Preliminary Examinations for 
Professional Gardeners for the National Diploma in Horticulture took 
place in June 1917. The number of candidates was small owing to 
the war, five only offering themselves for the Final Examination, viz. 
three in Section I. (General Horticulture), of whom two passed, and 
one each in Section V. (Landscape Gardening) and Section VII. (Horti- 
cultural Inspection), who both attained the pass standard. Fifteen 
candidates sat for the Preliminary Examination, but the standard 
reached by the majority was not a high one, and only four passed. 
It cannot be too widely recognized that the standard set at these 
examinations is a high one and the tests searching. Only those who 
have had a fairly wide experience and have thoroughly prepared 
themselves have a chance of success. 
The list of successful candidates is given below. 
LISTS OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. 
Final Examination. 
Section I. 
Thrupp, H. M. B. 
Heron, M. 
Section V. 
Woolley, R. V. G. 
Section VII. 
Mclvor, D. G. 
F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S. N 
W. Crump, V.M.H. 
A. G. L. Rogers. 
T. Stevenson. 
Edward White. 
Preliminary Examination. 
Herring, L. K. 
Joshua, L. H. 
Oldham, C H. 
Thornton, E. R. 
F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S. 
W. Crump, V.M.H. 
T. Stevenson. 
■ Examiners. 
