cxxxii Agricultural Education — Examination Papers, 1887. 
6. What are the characters of Gymnosperms and Angiosperms — 
of Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons, — and of Polypetalae, GamO' 
petalaB, and Apetalae ? Give an example of each group. 
7. State the reasons for the special value to the plant of nitrogenous 
manures. 
8. What methods can be adopted for producing new varieties in 
cultivated plants? 
9. Give an account of the life history of mildew in wheat, and 
specify the names given to the plant in its various stages. 
10. State the grasses you would employ in laying down a drained 
loam field to permanent pasture, and give the reasons for your 
selection. 
11. What are the technical names and natural orders of the follow- 
ing plants : — Buttercup, Yorkshire fog, yarrow, sheeps' parsley, self- 
heal, and catch-fly ? 
12. Name and describe, in systematic order, the plants marked A, 
B, and 0. 
EXAMINATION in ANATOMY and ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. 
Maximum Numbeb of Maeks, 100. Pass Numbeb, 50. 
Saturday, May \^ih, from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. 
1. Describe the process of respiration and name the chief organs, 
including the muscles, which are employed in the act. Say, if any, 
and if so, what difference exists in the Horse compared with the Ox. 
2. Name the chief changes which are produced in the blood by 
respiration. 
3. Describe the general structure, position and size of the heart of 
the Horse or Ox, naming its several cavities and the vessels connected 
therewith. Say also what is the condition of the blood in each. 
4. Supposing a portion of an artery and a vein of about equal size 
to be placed before you, say how you would readily distinguish the 
one from the other. 
5. Name the position which the liver occupies in the abdominal 
cavity. State the nature of its secretion and uses in the animal 
economy. Name also the chief peculiarity which exists in the Hgrse 
in relation to its excretory ducts. 
6. Describe the component parts of the skin, including the several 
follicles. Say also upon what the temporary erection of hairs in 
vaxious parts of the body depends. 
7. Describe the structure of horn and explain the relationship 
which exists between it and the skin. 
8. State what parts of the hoof of the Horse sustain the weight of 
the animal, whether he is shod or unshod, at rest or in piotjon, giving 
proofs by experiments which have been adopted, 
