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gardeners, and to men who have spent years and years upon botanical 

 subjects, and who have met many failures in order to produce here and 

 there a success. 



" For my own part I have been interested in gardening ever since I 

 was a boy. My grandfather was deeply interested in horticulture before 

 me. Mr. Veitch's great-grandfather gave my grandfather many of his 

 earliest lessons. My Conifers came from him over half a century ago ; so 

 did my fruit trees, and I very well remember in particular my grandfather 

 showing me with great pride his first little Wellingtonia. 



"You young men are entering upon your course of horticultural 

 education on that solid basis which the Royal Horticultural Society here 

 affords, where science is combined with practice ; and under the Society's 

 supervision it is seen that you start aright. You cannot measure your 

 privileges so well as my friends here on the platform can do, as in their 

 early days no such facilities were offered as those you freely enjoy. And 

 equally as I look back at my own education, I think the new generation 

 can never really know the enormous steps forward made in all parts of 

 the British Isles. In preparing to become gardeners, do not forget the 

 qualities of patience and hard work, endeavouring ever to follow the 

 examples of the men who have gone forward to success before you." 



The following is a list of the Awards : — 

 Diploma Examination (in order of merit) : * 



Mr. A. W. Simmonds (Diploma and demonstratorship of £i0 for one 

 year) ; Mr. W. G. Kent (Diploma and prize) ; Mr. J. Ridley (Diploma and 

 prize) ; Mr. H. W. Abbiss (Diploma and prize) ; Mr. G. A. S. Brooks 

 (Diploma) ; Mr. S. B. Gorringe (Diploma) ; Mr. H. L. Robson (Diploma) ; 

 Mr. N. A. Phillips (Diploma). 



" Nicholson Prize " for observations on the Natural Flora and Fauna 

 of Wisley and its neighbourhood : t 

 Mr. A. W. Simmonds. 



General Examination : ± 



Mr. J. W. McCaig (Scholarship of £25 per annum for two years, 

 Silver-gilt medal, certificate and prize) ; Mr. W. Miles (certificate and 

 prize) ; Mr. W. G. Kent (certificate and prize) ; Mr. H. L. Robson 

 (certificate and prize) ; Mr. A. W. Simmonds (certificate and prize) ; and 

 certificates to twelve others. 



* Prizes provided by the income of the " Sutton Prize Fund." 



f Prizes provided by the income of the " Nicholson Memorial Fund." 



% Prizes offered by Mr. James Hudson, V.M.H. (for 1909), in commemoration of 

 the fact that he passed the Society's Examination forty years ago, taking the first place 

 in 1869. 



