^ogal ScotttsI^ ^rboricultural Society. 



Instituted 16th February 1854. 



PATRON. 



HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE KING. 



PROCEEDINGS IN 1903. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Fiftieth Annual General Meeting of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society was held in the Lecture Hall of the 

 National Portrait Gallery, No. 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, on 

 Wednesday, 28th January 1903, at 2 p.m. The Right Hon. 

 the Earl of Mansfield, President of the Society, occupied 

 the Chair during the earlier part of the proceedings, but 

 after the election of Office-Bearers, Mr James Cook. Senior 

 Vice-President, presided. 



Minutes. 



The Minutes of the informal Meeting, held in Aberdeen on 

 17th July 1902, were read, and the Minutes of the General 

 Meeting, held in Edinburgh on 18th July 1902, were held 

 as read. The Minutes of both Meetings were approved. 



Election of an Honorary Member. 



On the motion of the Earl of Mansfield, Jagmastare 

 Elis Nilson, a member of the Swedish State Eorest Service, 

 was unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 

 In moving his election, the President referred to Mr Nilson's 

 attainments in the science of Forestry, and to the invaluable 

 services which he had rendered to the Society in connection 

 with the recent tour in Sweden. 



Annual Report of the Council. 



The Secretary submitted and read the Annual Report of the 

 Council, as follows : — 



