Kogal Scottisf; ^rboricultural Societg. 



Instituted 16th February 1854. 



PATRON. 



HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE KING. 



PROCEEDINGS IN 1902. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Forty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the Society was 

 held in 5 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, on Fi-iday, 31st January 

 1902, at 2.30 p.m., and was presided over by the Earl of 

 Mansfield, President of the Society. There was a large attend- 

 ance of Members. 



Minutes. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting, held at Ayr on Tuesday 

 6th August 1901, were held as read, and approved of. 



Measuring Instrument. 



Mr John Annand, Haystoun, Peebles, gave in the report of the 

 Judges appointed to examine and test an instrument, invented by 

 Mr John Smith, Dovecote Works, Peebles, for recording from 

 the ground at one observation the vertical and horizontal dimen- 

 sions of any object, e.g., the height and diameter at a given 

 point of a standing tree. The report stated that the instrument 

 recorded heights with perfect accuracy, but, as regards horizontal 

 measurements, the grading of the scale was not sufficiently 

 minute for accurate results. On the recommendation of the 

 Judges, a No. 1 Silver Medal was awarded to Mr Smith. 



Annual Report of the Council. 



The Secretary submitted and read the Annual Report of the 

 Council, as follows : — 



