148 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
SCIENCE DEGREES IN HORTICULTURE. 
As announced in the Annual Report (see pp. iii, ix), the University of 
London has instituted Degrees in the Science of Horticulture. The 
regulations are as follows : inquiries with regard to the Degrees should 
be addressed to the Academic Registrar, London University, London, 
S.W. 
Regulations for Internal Students. 
The University confers the Degrees of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. 
and Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Horticulture. The course for the 
Bachelor's Degree extends over three years, and consists of training in 
practical as well as scientific Horticulture. The course must be taken 
at one or more of the Schools of the University or under recognized 
teachers at the institution or institutions in connexion with which 
they are recognized. 
Students who have passed the Internal Intermediate Examination 
in Science in all the subjects required for the Intermediate Examination 
in Horticulture may be admitted to the Final Examination in Horti- 
culture under the same conditions as are applicable to students who 
have passed the Intermediate Examination in Horticulture. 
Students must have passed the Preliminary Examination for the 
National Diploma in Horticulture,* or an equivalent examination 
approved by the University, before being admitted to the final course 
of study for the Degree in Horticulture. 
Candidates for the Degree of B.Sc. (Horticulture) must either (a) 
have passed the Matriculation Examination or (b) have fulfilled such 
other tests of fitness in lieu of matriculation as may be prescribed 
from time to time by the Senate. 
The Senate is empowered under Statute 126 to grant in special cases 
modification of, or exemption from, prescribed courses of study. 
Students taking a complete course in the University or granted 
special exemption under Statute 126 must pass the various examina- 
tions required by the regulations as set out below. 
* The Royal Horticultural Society are prepared to admit Matriculated 
Students of the University who have signed a declaration that they intend to 
proceed to a Degree in Horticulture in this University to the Preliminary Examina- 
tion for the National Diploma in Horticulture, without insisting on the following 
requirements set forth in the Regulations for the Diploma, viz. that they shall — 
" (a) have reached the age of 21 years, and 
(b) 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 Horticultural Institution, 
and have received a satisfactory report as regards conduct and work 
from the authorities of such institution : or 
(3) partly as in (1) and partly as in (2)." 
