ROYAL 
SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
EXCURSION, 1898. 
FIRST DAY. 
Monday, 7th August. 
EDINBURGH, vid CARLISLE AND LONDON, 
TO WINDSOR. 
Tue Council of the Society having resolved to hold the Sixteenth 
Annual Excursion in the South of England, arrangements were 
made for the members to visit the Royal Domain at Windsor, 
Berks, on the 8th of August; the estates of Cliveden, Dropmore, 
and Burnham Beeches, Bucks, on the 9th; the New Forest, 
Hants, on the 10th and 11th; and the Royal Gardens at Kew, 
and the Forestry Exhibition, London, on Saturday the 12th, 
where it was intended the Excursion should terminate. An 
opportunity was, however, afforded, which was taken advantage of 
by a large party of the members, to visit, on Monday the 14th 
August, the Marquis of Salisbury’s estate at Hatfield, Herts. 
With so many and varied attractions to the forester and the 
lovers of woodland scenery of the richest description, the Excursion 
was very largely patronised by the members of the Society from 
all parts of the United Kingdom. It presented a rare opportunity 
to those from Scotland and the northern districts of England for 
viewing, under favourable circumstances, some of the most ancient 
forests in the South of England, and for studying the growth of 
the indigenous oak, beech, elm, and ash in their native habitat, 
with that of exotic trees of remote and recent introduction along- 
side of them. In Windsor Forest, as well as in the New Forest, 
