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Princess May. Long may the young couple live and have a very 
successful career ! 
Mr Joun MEeErTHVEN, a Vice-President of the Society, said 
it fell to him, in the regretable and unavoidable absence of the 
President, Professor Bayley Balfour, to ask them to join with him 
in offering to Her Majesty the Queen their respectful and heart- 
felt thanks for the gracious permission Her Majesty had accorded 
to them to visit the Royal Domain of Windsor, and for the gener- 
ous hospitality which had been shown to them that day. The 
Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society had received many marks 
of Royal favour. Her Majesty was the gracious Patroness of 
the Society—an honour done to them which was highly appre- 
ciated. Many of them looked back with great pleasure to the 
visit which was paid seven years ago—in the Jubilee year of Her 
Majesty’s reign—to the Highland home of the Queen on the banks 
of the Dee. ‘To-day was another red-letter epoch in the history 
of the Society. They had been granted permission to visit the 
ancestral home of the kings and queens of England—by the 
gracious will of the Royal Lady who now occupied the throne, and 
who would always be regarded as the greatest and best of the 
sovereigns who had ever wielded the sceptre in this country. He 
thought from this spot, where the Society and the members had 
been so honoured, they should send to Her Majesty a telegram em- 
bodying the sentiment which was in all their hearts, and to which he 
had so feebly given expression. He was sure they would all agree 
that a telegram should be sent to Her Majesty at Osborne, saying 
that they were spending on the Royal Domain a most pleasant 
day amid objects of the deepest interest to them, and thanking 
Her Majesty for her gracious and bountiful hospitality. 
The proposition of the Vice-President met with a most hearty 
response, and Mr W. J. Moffat, the Secretary, dispatched the 
following telegram to Sir Henry Ponsonby :— 
“The Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society desire to ask you 
to convey to Her Majesty their humble and grateful thanks for 
Her Majesty’s gracious kindness in allowing them to visit the 
Castle and Royal Domain at Windsor, and for the bountiful 
hospitality they have enjoyed.” 
A short interval was allowed for the members to enjoy a cigar 
in the open air before starting to carry out the extensive pro- 
gramme for the afternoon—the exploration of the Great Park and 
Forest of Windsor. 
