A notice was Issued to all the Members of the Society, and a sum of 

 £112, 3s. Od. has been promised to this Society. The sums received by 

 each of the four Societies are as follows : — 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, . 

 Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, 

 Scottish Horticultural Association, 



Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 



Total, 



Designs and estimates of the cost of headstones were invited from 

 several sculptors, and those sent in by Mr John Ehind were ultimately 

 agreed on. The Monument is to be in the form of an Ionic cross, with 

 a medallion of Mr Dunn in bronze, and is to bear the following 

 inscription : — 



In Memory of 

 MALCOLM DUNN, 

 27 Years Head Gardener at Dalkeith Hm i 

 Died llth May 1899, Aged 62. 



EBBCTEn BY II S C0LLEAOUIS3 OF THK ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL 



SOdlKl'Y, THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OK EDINBURGH, THE ROYAL 



SCOTTISH ARB )RICULTURAL SOCIETY, AND THE SCOTTISH 



HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER FRIENDS. 



The stone will stand 9 feet high, and will cost £42. No definite 

 decision has yet been come to regarding the charitable and educational 

 objects to which the balance of the money will be applied, but this 

 matter will be taken up as soon as the stone has been erected and 

 paid for. 



Foreign Visitors. 



In the course of the year the Council received a visit from Sir Dietrich 

 Brandis, late Inspector-General of Forests in India, an Honorary 

 Member of the Society, and also from Mr Elis Nilson, of the State 

 Forest Department, Sweden. 



Very short notice was received of these visits, and it was therefore 

 impossible to make any special arrangements in connection with them. 

 The Council was able, however, to arrange an evening meeting for 

 Sir D. Brandis, when he delivered a very interesting lecture on " Pure 

 Forests and Mixed Forests," which is printed in the Transactions. 



Mr Nilson was able to attend one of the ordinary meetings of Council, 

 when he explained that he had come to Scotland to make investigations 

 into the condition of the larch, with the view of experimenting in Sweden 

 with Scottish seed, which he hoped would be hardier than that got 

 from the Tyrol and elsewhere. Mr Nilson has since sent a letter con- 

 taining his views on the subject of the larch in Scotland, which is 

 printed in the Transactions. 



Transactions. 



At the General Meeting in August a note was read on the subject of the 

 proposed publication by the Society of a quarterly instead of the annual 

 Transactions, and the matter was remitted to the Council for further 



