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EXAMINATION IN BOTANY. 
Maximum Number op Marks, 100. Pass Number, 60. 
Friday , May 12th, from 2 p.m. till 4 p.nu 
Seven questions at least must he answered. 
1. What constituents in the air and soil are necessary to the life of a plant ? 
2. What is the composition of starch ? In what part of the plant is it 
formed ? 
3. Explain the processes by which the stored food in a grain of wheat is 
made available to the growing embryo. 
4. Explain the life history of an annual, a biennial, and a perennial plant, 
and give examples. 
6. Name six British poisonous plants, with the natural order to which each 
belongs, and give the part of the plant, if any, which is specially injurious. 
6. Explain briefly the terms viviparous, hybrid, ascus, plumule, hypogynous, 
palea, siliqua, and drupe. 
7. Give an account of clover sickness, and state how you would treat it. 
8. Contrast Trifolium, pratense and T. hybridum, Poa pratensis and P. 
trivialis, Lolium perenne and Festuca pratensis. 
9. Of what value in a permanent pasture are the following plants : Plantar] o 
lanceolata, Alopecurus pratensis, Bromus mollis, Centaurea nigra , Aohilltea 
Millefolium, Phleum pratense, and Hyoscyamvs niger 1 
10. Name and describe in systematic order the plants marked A and B. 
EXAMINATION IN GEOLOGY. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 60. 
Saturday, May l%th, from 10 a.m. till 1p.m. 
1. Enumerate twelve of the Elementary Substances that more especially 
enter into the composition of Minerals ; and mention some of the Rocks of 
which they are severally important constituents. 
2. What Natural Agencies tend to change the Earth’s Surface ? Give par- 
ticulars as to some of the results in their work — either (i.) in disintegrating 
and degrading ; or (ii.) in accumulating and reconstructing, the materials of 
the surface. 
3. Describe and illustrate by Sections the structure and characters of either 
some Volcanic or some Granitic district in the British Islands or elsewhere. 
Indicate its special physical features, and the character of the soil. 
4. Draw up a Table of Rocks that have an organic origin — grouping them 
according to their chief constituents. Indicate any that yield Mineral 
Manure. 
6. What evidences are there of (1) elevation ; (2) depression ; (3) succes • 
sional formation of strata; and (4) long lapse of time in Geology? Give 
diagrams in illustration. 
6. Mention some of the best-known Fossils of either the Silurian (Upper), 
or the Cretaceous Formation ; and refer them to their several Natural Orders. 
7. Enumerate the great Clay Formations of the geological series in England, 
in their successional order ; mention some of their chief Fossils ; and give 
particulars as to their local physical features and relative agricultural value. 
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