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5. What methods would you adopt to obtain new varieties in cultivated 
plants ? 
6. Explain the different conditions under which seeds fail to germinate. 
7. Specify the seven best plants for — («) permanent, and (b) temporary 
pasture, and give reasons for your selections. 
8. Give the name of the organism which causes “ Club-root,” “ Finger and toe,” 
or “Anbury.” Describe its life-history, and state what steps you would take 
to get rid of it. 
9. Give the characteristics of the Natural Order Gramineat , and describe 
the flower of a British species. 
10. Name and describe in systematic order the plants marked A and B. 
EXAMINATION IN GEOLOGY. 
Maximum Number of Masks, 100. Pass Number, 60. 
Saturday, May 12th, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
1. Name and describe some of the most common of the Rock-forming 
Minerals, and the Rocks or Strata of which they are constituents. 
2. Describe, and illustrate with diagrams, the dip and strike of Strata 
and show how the physical features of a country are influenced thereby. 
3. What are Metamorphic Rocks ? Why are they so called ? Where are 
they chiefly met with ? Describe the geological position of some in par- 
ticular. 
4. Give a Tabular List of either (1) the Upper Silurian, — or (2) the 
Cretaceous Formations, together with some of their most important Fossils. 
5. Describe the origin and constitution of the chief kinds of Limestone, 
with remarks on the aspect, character, locality, and uses of those you mention. 
6. Give reasons, on geological grounds, why some parts of England are 
respectively good for (1) pastoral, or (2) arable farming ; or (3) for the 
manufacturing industries. 
7. Write a brief account of the chief alluvial lands on the coasts of 
England, — their extent, origin, and capabilities for farming or other 
purposes. 
8. Make a sketch-map or plan of the geological structure of any district you 
are acquainted with ; and show how you would mark dips, strikes, faults, lodes 
or metalliferous veins, and glacial strive by signs ; and by what colours you 
would indicate the different kinds of rocks. 
9. Describe (with diagrams) the geological structure and physical features 
of one of the large Counties in the British Isles ; and give some notes on its 
economic products. 
10. By what Fossils would you be able to recognize the exposure or 
occurrence of the Lias, the Oxford Clay, the Gault, and the London Clay 
respectively ? 
11. Which are the best Building-stones found in the British Isles? State 
where they are found, and for what purposes they are specially used. 
12. Name and describe four of the Specimens on the Table before you. 
EXAMINATION IN ANATOMY AND ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 
Saturday , May 12th, from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. 
1. Name the cause why the head of an animal is maintained more or 
less in a horizontal position, independently of the various movements to 
which it is subjected by the bending, & c. of the neck. 
