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they can help women by encouraging their educa- 

 tional development, by rewarding and recognising 

 those women who show initiative and do solid 

 work, I feel sure that the young women of 

 England will not fail in acting up to the highest 

 ideals, for they know that the future of our great 

 Empire depends not upon the middle-aged or old, 

 but the young generation of women and how 

 earnestly and steadfastly they set about their 

 task. 



WOLSELEY. 



College of Gardening, 

 Glynde, Sussex. 

 October 7, 191 5. 



