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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
July  5,  1900. 
Royal  Horticultnral  Society. 
Examination,  1900. 
The  annual  examination  in  the  Principles  and  Practice  of  Horti¬ 
culture  was  held  on  April  25th  :  236  papers  were  sent  in. 
Three  hundred  marks  were  allotted  as  a  maximum,  and  all 
candidates  who  obtained  200  marks  and  upwards  were  placed  in  the 
first  class.  The  total  number  was  141,  or  nearly  60  per  cent. 
The  highest  number  of  marks  (300)  was  awarded  to  Miss  E.  Welthin- 
Winlo,  from  the  Horticultural  College,  Swanley,  Kent. 
Those  who  secured  150  and  less  than  200  marks  were  placed  in  the 
second  class.  The  number  was  61,  or  nearly  26  per  cent. 
Those  who  obtained  100  and  upwards  were  ranked  in  the  third 
class.  The  number  was  30,  or  nearly  13  per  cent. 
Pour  candidates,  obtaining  less  than  100  marks,  were  not  placed. 
Comparing  the  results  with  those  of  the  last  two  years  *  the  entry 
has  greatly  increased ;  viz.,  from  190  in  1898,  and  165  in  1899,  to  236 
in  1900.  It  will  be  observed  that  the  percentage  of  the  first  and  third 
classes  is  much  higher  than  in  previous  years. 
The  second  has  remained  about  stationary. 
The  questions  were,  as  a  rule,  very  satisfactorily  answered.  We 
observe,  as  might  be  expected,  that  the  students  from  colleges  are  in 
some  cases  better  prepared  in  the  elementary  principles  than  in  practical 
horticulture  ;  many  were  unacquainted  with  the  importance  and 
meaning  of  respiration  in  plants. 
The  candidates  were  well  versed  in  practical  horticulture,  and 
showed  greater  knowledge  in  minor  details  than  heretofore.  Many  of 
them  in  their  answers  branched  off  into  extraneous  matters  not  required 
in  reply  to  the  question  at  all.  It  is  important  that  they  should  keep 
strictly  to  the  text  of  the  questions. 
George  Henslow,  |  „ 
\  Examiners. 
First  Claes. 
No.  of 
Marks. 
1.  Misa  E.  Welthin  -  Winlo, 
Swaiiiey  ...  ...  .  .  300 
2.  Miss  H.  Draper,  Swanley  ...  290 
2.  Mr.  C.  Richards,  Holmes 
Chapel  . 290 
2.  Mr.  B.  N.  Wale,  Stafford...  290 
5.  Miss  E.  Wright, Swanley  ...  i85 
5.  Mr.  A.  William  Day,  Turn- 
ford  .  ...  285 
5.  Mr.  E.  T.  B.  Reece,  Reading  285 
5.  Mr.  G.  Underwood,  Leicester  285 
5.  Mr.  F.  C.  Walton,  New¬ 
market  .  ...  285 
5.  Mr.  G.  Wassell,  Alfreton  ...  285 
11.  Miss  E.  Boorman,  Swanley  280 
11.  Mr.  C.  H.  Buck,  Swanley  280 
ll.  Miss  D.  Fearnley,  Swanley  280 
11.  Miss  A.  M.  Foster,  Swanley  280 
11.  Miss  I.  T.  Hopkins,  Reading  280 
11.  Miss.  J.  Marsh,  Debham, 
Colchester  ...  . 280 
11.  Miss  F.  Meadniore,  Swanley  280 
11.  Miss  M.  Rayner,  Reading  280 
11.  Mr.  B.  Smith,  Chelmsfoid  280 
20.  Miss  G.  d’Arcy,  Swanley  275 
20.  Miss E.  M.  Gunnell,  Skipton  275 
20.  Mrs.  I.  E.Dymond,  Reading  275 
20.  Mr.  A.  Sowman,  Ipswich  ...  275 
24.  Mr.  E.  M.  Bear,  Chiswick...  270 
24.  Mr.  A.  A.  Butcher,  Chelms¬ 
ford . 270 
24.  Mr.  A.  E.  Say,  Swanley  ...  270 
24.  Miss  M.  Dowding,  Swanley  270 
24.  Miss  E.  M.  Ebbutt,  Swanley  270 
24.  MissC.  E.  Dunham-Massey, 
Swanley  . 270 
24.  Mr.  F.  E.  Tremain,  Swanley  270 
24.  Mr.  C.  J.  Yates.  Stafford  ...  270 
32.  Mr.  E.  Wilson,  Staffora  ...  265 
33.  Mr.  B.  Ashling,  Highgate...  260 
33.  Miss  A.  M.  Clough,  Swanley  260 
33.  Mr.  J.  Donald,  Edinburgh  260 
33.  Mr.  L.  Farrand,  Swanley  ...  260 
33.  Mr.  C.  W.  Gale,  Eastleigh  260 
33.  Mr.  J.  H.  Groves,  Caterham  260 
33.  Mr.  H.  Hand, Holmes  Chapel  260 
33.  Mr.  R.  Lewis,Holmes  Chapel  260 
33.  Mr.  D.  Massey,  Holmes 
Chapel  .  ...  260 
No.  of 
AT  fi  y*W  B 
33.  Miss  E.  Powell,  Swanley  ...  260 
33.  Mr.  A.  Salt,  Stafford  ...  260 
33.  Mr.  W.  Warburton,  Stafford  260 
33.  Mr.  J.  Williamson,  Holmes 
Chapel  . 260 
46.  Mr.  R.  Ashley,  Holmes 
Chapel  . 255 
46.  Miss  S.  B.  Bond,  Swanley  255 
46.  Mr.  F.  W.  Brow,  Annan  ...  255 
46.  Mr.  A.  Broughton,  Holmes 
Chapel  ...  255 
4  6.  Mr.  K.  G.  Burbridge, 
Chelmsford . 255 
46.  Miss  M.  Culleton,  Reading  255 
46.  Mr.  W.  Good,  Chiswick  ...  255 
46.  Mr.  J.  P.  Holt,  Holmes 
Chapel  ...  255 
46.  Mr.  R.  G.  King,  Swanley...  255 
46.  Mr.  A.  Mason,  Chelmsford  255 
46.  Mr.  W.  S.  Patey,  Liverpool  255 
46.  Mr.  W.  S.  Sharp,  Cheshire  255 
46.  Miss  D.  Shove,  Swanley  ...  255 
46.  Mr.  H.  Smith,  Chelmsford  255 
46.  Miss  G.  R.  Tudor,  Reading  2f5 
61.  Miss  T.  B.  Baker,  Swanley...  250 
61.  Mr.  A.  Elisha,  Esher  ...  250 
61.  Mr.  H.  R.  Farmer,  Cardiff...  250 
61.  Mr.  H.  L.  Jones,  Clitheroe...  250 
61.  Mr.  J.  W.  Molyneux,  Stock- 
well . 250 
61.  Mr.  R.  Neish,  Broxbourne...  250 
61.  Mr.  A.  J.  Pye,  Chelmsford...  250 
61.  Mr.  W.H.  Waite,  Edinburgh  250 
69.  Mr.  J.  W.  Bamber,  Accring¬ 
ton  . 245 
69.  Mr.  W.  Easson,  Wimbledon  245 
69.  Mr.  H.  P.  Glaister,  Chiswick  245 
69.  Mr.  D.  McGregor,  Dalkeith  245 
69.  Miss  F.  D.  Sandford,  Swan- 
lev  ...  ...  ...  ...  245 
69.  Mr.  L.  Scott,  Holmes  Chapel  245 
69.  Miss  E.  D.  Varley,  Swanley  245 
69.  Miss  K.  Wilkinson,  Swanley  245 
77.  Mr.  A.  Bettesworth,  Winch- 
field  . 240 
77.  Mr.  W.  Brown,  Gatehouse...  240 
77.  Mr.  G.  A.  Fryer,  Holmes 
Chapel  . 240 
77.  Mr.  J .  J.  Graham,  Penarth  ..  240 
*  See  Journal  of  the  R.H.S.,  vol.  xxiii.,  p.  64, 
First  Class — {continued) 
No.  of 
M  arks. 
77.  Mr  C.  F.  Hughes,  Holmes 
Cliapel  . 240 
77.  Mr.  G.  H.  Larnder,  Swanley  240 
77.  Mr.  H.  R.  Quinn,  Cambridge  240 
77.  Miss  E.  Read,  Swanley  ...  240 
77.  Mr.  A.  Richardson,  Holmes 
Chapel  . 240 
77.  Mr.  H.  Tomalin,  Dorking...  240 
77.  Mr.  W.  A.  Ward,  Chelmsford  240 
77.  Mr.  G.  Wilson,  Streatham 
Hill . 240 
89.  Mr.  D.  G.  Mclver,  Chelms- 
foi'd .  ...  235 
89.  Mr.  W.  Jones,  Stafford  ...  235 
89.  Mr.  G.  ScourfieldjTidenham  23") 
89.  Mr.  J.  P.  Watson,  Leicester  235 
93.  Mr.  T.  J.  Adnitt,  Cambridge  230 
93.  Miss  F.  St.  Barbe,  Swanley  230 
93.  Mr.  M.  Field,  Wallingford  230 
(^93.  Mr.  W.  B.  Sanday,  West 
Norwood .  ...  230 
93.  Mr.  J.  Sibley,  Dulwich 
Common  230 
93.  Mr.  E.  W.  Wakeham, Bexley 
Heath  . 230 
99.  Mr.  0.  Berry, Holmes  Chapel  225 
99.  Mr.  W.  Lewis,  Stafford  ...  225 
99.  Mr.  F.  Peaples,  Harwood  ...  225 
99.  Mr.  T.  Simpson,  Enville  ...  225 
103.  Mr.  B.  Buck,  Cambridge  ...  220 
103.  Mias  M.  Y.  Carlyon, Reading  220 
103.  Mr.  W.  Dear,  Spean  Bridge  220 
103.  Mr.  R.  Timtnis,  Stafford  ...  22) 
103.  Mr.  J.  Good,  South  Norwood  220 
103.  Miss  M.  Hitchfield,  Swanley  22) 
103.  Mr.  J.  McGowan,  Holmes 
Chapel  . 220 
103.  Mr.  F.  G.  Storrs,  Chiswick  220 
No.  of 
Marks. 
103.  Mr.  F.  Watson,  Leicester  ...  220- 
112.  Mr.  H.  C.  Chapelow,  Chis¬ 
wick  ...  ...  ...  215- 
112.  Mr.  G.  P.  Cretchley,  Twy- 
ford ...  .  ...  215 
112.  Mr.  J.  Pillington,  Holmes 
Chapel  . 215 
112.  Mr.  C.  S.  Carey,  Winchester  215 
112.  Mr.  A.  Usher,  Leicester  ...  215 
112.  Miss  M.  Walker,  Swanley...  215 
118.  Mr.H.  P.  Appleton, Leicester  210 
118.  Miss  L.  Gibbs,  Swanley  ...  210 
118.  Mr.  H.  Hewitt,  Stafford  ...  210 
121.  Mr.  F,  Brigg-s  Settle  ...  205 
121.  Mr.  H.  Corlett,  Woolton  ...  205- 
121.  Mr.  E.  H.  Crisp,  Chelmsford  205 
121.  Miss  J.  S.  Davies,  Reading  205 
121.  Mr.  T.  Dent,  Wallingford...  205 
121.  Mr.  A.  Kirkman,  Bolton  ...  2C5 
121.  Mr.  A.  Paterson,  Wimbledon  205 
121.  Miss  L.  Powell,  Guildford...  205 
121.  Mr.  G.  W.  Pyinan,  Chiswick  205 
121.  Miss  A.  Smit,  Swanley  ...  205 
121.  Mr.  J.  Walker,  Cobham  ..  205- 
132.  Mr.  J.  Botley,  Maidenhead  200 
132.  Mr.  T.  Brown,  Cambridge...  200 
132.  MissC.  M  Carylon,  Swanley  200 
132.  Mr.  F.  W.  Harvey,  Chelms¬ 
ford  ...  200 
132.  Mr.  J.  Hutchinson,  Edin¬ 
burgh  . 200 
132.  Mr.  F.  Johnson,  Attercliffe  200 
132.  Miss  B.  M.  S.  Niederhiiber, 
Swanley  . 200 
132.  Mr.  P.  W.  Philpott,  Droit- 
wich  . .  200' 
132.  Miss  G.  Robinson,  Reading  2C0 
132.  Mr.  S.  Sparkes,  Bath  ...  200 
Second  Class. 
1.  Mr.  G.  Astridge,  Winchester  195 
1.  Mr.  F.  Ball,  Long  Ditton  ...  195 
1.  Mr.  J.  Drew,  Bromsgrove  ...  195 
1.  Mr.  W.  H.  Gilbey,  Cam¬ 
bridge  . 195 
1.  Mr.  J.  T.  Hargreaves,  Bolton  195 
1.  Mr.  W.  Neish,  West  Kirby  195 
1.  Mr.  A.  Painton,  Wallingford  195 
1.  Mr.  E.  Scrowcroft,  Bolton  ...  195 
1.  Mr.  J.  Shrives,  Stafford  ...  195 
10.  Mr.  G.  G.  Buck,  Cambridge  190 
10.  Mr.  G.  A.  Hobbs,  Netley 
Abbey  ...  . 190 
10.  Mr.  M.  Housego,  Cardiff  ...  190 
10.  Miss  L.  Kelsall,  Reading  ...  190 
10.  Mr.  W.  Marsden,  Accrington  190 
10.  Mr.  J.  J.  Parnell,  Stafford...  190 
10.  Mr.  J.  W.  Guttridge,  Reigate  19) 
10.  Mr.  E.  Smith,  Swanley  ...  190 
10.  Mr.  B.  J.  Spong,  Bourne¬ 
mouth  . 190 
10.  Mr.S.  H.  Stanbridge, Cobham  19) 
10.  Mr.  A.  E.  Turk,  Tunbridge 
Wells  . 190 
10.  Mr.  J.  Walker,  Cambridge...  190 
10.  Mr.  G.  Willan,  Ljmm  ...  190 
23.  Miss  E.B. Pitman, Nottingham  185 
23.  Mr.  E.  E.  Scrowcroft,  Bolton  185 
23.  Mr.  W.  T.  Taylor,  Leicester  185 
26.  Mr.  8.  Ma^oh,  Bolton  ...  180 
26.  Miss  M.  Potter,  Reading  ...  180 
26.  Mr.  T.  W.  Rolfe,  Chelmsford  180 
26.  Mr.  G.  Stedman,  Cobham  ...  180 
26.  Mr.  W.  H.  Tuff,  Isleworth  ...  180 
31.  Miss  G.  M.  Franklin,  Cam¬ 
bridge  . 175 
31.  Mr.  T.  Hunter,  Kingston- 
upon-Thames  . 175 
Third 
1.  Mr.  E.  Brown,  Epping  ...  145 
1.  Mr.  A.  S.  Poole,  Cambridge  145 
1.  Mr.  J.  R.  Wright,  Caterham  145 
4.  Mr.  W.  Bradburn,  Lymm  ...  140 
4.  Rev.  F.  R.  Lawson,  Stour¬ 
bridge  . 140 
4.  Mr.  W.  Tucker,  Caterham...  140 
7.  Mr.  T.  Caless,  Bolton  ...  135 
7.  Mr.  J.  J.  Hall,  W'allingford  135 
7.  Mr.  B.  Hygate,  Cowes  ...  135 
7.  Mr.  C.  A.  Spragg,  Cambridge  135 
7.  Mr.  A.  Steventon,  Caterham  135 
12.  Mr.  J.  Arthurson,  Halswood  130 
12.  Mr.  S.  H.  Brooks,  Lymm  ...  130 
12.  Mr.  0.  Harwood,  Bawtry  ...  130 
12.  Mr.  J.  J.  Hurstfield,  Lymm  130 
12.  Mr.  T.  Masters,  Droitwich  ...  130 
31.  Mr.  J.  Jeffery,  Kew . 175 
31.  Mr.  T.  M.  Parry,  Stafford  ...  175 
31.  Mr.  F.  F.  Paul,  Chelmsford  175 
31.  Mr.  H.  H.  Readett,  Lymm  ...  175 
31.  Mr.  J.  G.  Richards,  Stafford  175 
31.  Mr.  F.  Smith,  Caterham  ...  175 
31.  Mr.  W.  A.  Whitehurst,  Staf¬ 
ford  . 175 
40.  Mr.  S.  Boon,  Stafford  ...  170 
40.  Mr.  H.  W.  Brown,  Whyte- 
leafe  . 170 
40.  Mr.  G.  F.  Greenhalgh,  Bury  170 
40.  Mr.  E.  H.  Scott,  Wallingford  170 
40,  Mr.  W.  Yeomans,  Farn- 
borough  ...  170 
45.  Miss  E.  Ecclestone,  Stafford  165 
45.  Mr.  G.  E.  Hutt,  Cambridge  165 
45.  Miss  N.  C.  Pascoe,  Cambridge  165 
45.  Mr.  H.  J.  S.  Stobart,  Stour¬ 
bridge  . 165 
45.  Mr.  J.  W.  Watson,  Preston  165 
50.  Mr.  G.  Curry,  Bawtrv  ...  160 
50.  Mr.  W.  S.  Edwards,  Walling¬ 
ford . 160 
50.  Miss  A.  E.  Clarke,  Cambridge  160 
59.  Mr.  F.  W.  Fortune,  South¬ 
ampton  ...  160 
50.  Mr.  H.  Smith,  Caterham  ...  160 
55.  Mr.  W.  J.  Nash,  Wimbledon  155 
55.  Mr.  .1.  Shaw,  Bury  ...  ...  155 
65.  Mr.  J.  F.  Wood,  Bolton  ...  155 
55.  Mr.  W.  Worsley,  Bolton  ...  156 
59.  Miss  H.  Haworth,  Stafford...  IbO 
69.  Mr.  R.  W.  Routley,  Stour¬ 
bridge  . 150 
59.  Mr.  T.  F.  Tilbrook,  Cam¬ 
bridge  . 150 
Class. 
12.  Mr.  H.  W.  Spong,  Bourne¬ 
mouth  . 130 
18.  Mr.  F.  C.  Halliwell,  Bolton...  125 
18.  Mr.  R.  B.  Harrison,  Quarlton, 
Lancs . 125 
18.  Mr.  J.  Price,  Wallingford  ...  125 
21.  Mr.  A.  Wood,  Bolton  ...  120 
22.  Mr.  J.  Coombes,  Arreton  ...  115 
22.  Mr.  A.  Edwards,  Bawtry  ...  115 
24.  Mr.  F.  C.  Crack,  Bawtry  ...  110 
24.  Miss  A.  E.  Morris. Cambridge  110 
24.  Mr.  P.  Mossman,  Bawtry  ...  110 
24.  Mr.  F.  H.  Tipping,  Stour¬ 
bridge  . 110 
28.  Mr.  E.  Rushling,  Bawtry  ...  105 
29.  Mr.  G.  Hayles,  Wallingford  100 
29.  Mr.  J.  Twynham,  Bawtry  ...  lOO 
