LA.ST month we had the gratification of calling the attention of our 

 readers to the then approaching Annual General Meeting of the 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society, and we have now the honour and 

 pleasure to congratulate the Eight Hon. President and Council upon 

 the marked success of their endeavours to make the recent meeting 

 thoroughly instructive and interesting to the numerous attendance of 

 members and others interested in arboriculture, who were present from 

 all parts of the country. From the commencement of the proceedings 

 till their close, a period of fully four hours, the interest and attention 

 never flagged, which was, no doubt, in a great measure due to the 

 stimulus given to the proceedings by the excellent and appro- 

 priate opening address of the President, For many years the Society 

 has been most fortunate in being presided over by gentlemen wlio 

 thoroughly understand, and take the deepest interest in arboricultural 

 matters ; and under the able guidance and presidency of such a thorough 

 practical forester as the PtiGHT Hon. W. P. Adam, of Blairadam, M.P., 

 the Society's beneficial influence is certain to extend to the remotest 

 parts of the British Empire ; encouraging the proprietors of land, both 

 by sound advice and judicious example, to adorn their estates with a 

 due amount of nature's verdant clothing ; thus enriching the scenery, 

 ameliorating the climate, and tempering the blast ; rendering their 

 estates far more lovely and habitable ; and last, but by no means least, 

 adding vastly to their pecuniary value. 



Now that the Society has so firmly established itself, and can show 

 such a goodly roll of members, we trust that it will not much longer 

 delay taking the excellent advice of its President, and accepting his 

 graciously proffered aid to lay its claims before the proper authorities, 



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