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Prince Consort, the Ranger of Windsor Great Park in 1861, who 
caused a small enclosure to be planted on the east side with oaks 
in the line of the avenue, surrounded by nurses of larch and 
other trees, and fenced in against cattle, deer, and rabbits. Since 
H.R.H. Prince Christian became the Ranger of the Park three 
other enclosures were formed and planted upon the same 
principle in 1879, one on either side of Snow Hill, near the 
statue, and another opposite the plantation formed in 1861. 
These young plantations are thriving vigorously, and promise to 
quite fulfil the object in view in course of time. Ages only can 
produce the finished picture. The drive down this Grand Avenue 
to Windsor in the fading light of the evening, fitly closed a 
memorable day’s work of the Society. 
Toe ANNUAL DINNER. 
The Annual Dinner of the Society was held in the ‘ White 
Hart” Hotel, immediately after the party returned to Windsor. 
Mr John Methven, Vice-President, occupied the chair, and Mr 
John Michie, Her Majesty’s Forester at Balmoral, was croupier ; 
Mr David P. Laird presiding over a second section of the party in 
another dining-room, so great were the numbers that one room could 
not be found to hold them. The guests included Mr Frederick 
Simmonds, Mr William Tait, Mr Owen Thomas, Mr Leonard 
Collmann, Mr Buckland, Mr Savage, Mr Harry J. Veitch, Royal 
Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea; Mr J. Forbes, Burnham Beeches ; 
and Mr Charles Herrin, Dropmore. The Mayor of Windsor was 
invited, but was unavoidably absent. The toast of ‘“‘The Queen,” 
given from the chair, was specially honoured; and the health of 
the Prince and Princess of Wales and the other members of the 
Royal Family was most cordially received. The Navy, Army, 
and Reserve Forces were also pledged; Colonel Bailey, R.E., and 
Major Macleod, R.H.A., responding for the Army, and Major 
Macgregor, 6th Volunteer Battalion Royal Scots, for the Reserves. 
The “Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society” was proposed by Mr 
Simmonds, who spoke of the pleasure it had given the Royal officials 
to receive so influential a Society at Windsor. The Chairman suit- 
ably replied. Colonel Bailey proposed the toast ‘‘The Guides of To- 
day,” which was pledged with “‘three times three,” and was replied to 
by Mr Simmonds, Mr Tait, and Mr Thomas. Mr James Watt, J.P., 
