Hogal ScottisI? ^rboticultural Society. 



Instituted 16th February 1854. 



PATRON. 



HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE KING. 



PROCEEDINGS IN 1903-Continued. 



MEETING AT DUMFRIES. 



An informal meeting of Members of the Society and others 

 attending the Forestry Exhibition in the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's Show at Dumfries, was held in the Committee 

 Room in the Showyai'd, on Thursday, 23rd July, at 2 p.m. 

 The Right Hon. the Earl of Mansfield was called to the 

 chair. 



The Chairman referred to the notice calling the Meeting, 

 which stated that a discussion would take place on the best means 

 for improving the Exhibition, and he invited suggestions from 

 those present to help the Council to insure that there would be a 

 larger and better exhibition next year. 



Captain Walker of Crawfordton said the list of prizes was in 

 some respects unsatisfactory, for instance, some conifers, such as 

 nobilis and Menziesii, were of too recent introduction to be cut 

 down as timber Exhibits. They were looked upon as specimen 

 trees, and proprietors would not cut them down. He thought the 

 list should be confined to the fir tribe in common use, such as 

 the Scotch fir, larch, spruce, and probably silver. He thought, 

 also, that the timber asked for was too heavy. 



Mr John Hay, Kilmarnock, said it was discouraging for 

 Exhibitors, in the section for articles for estate and farm purposes, 

 to have such different articles as carts and gates competing 

 against each other. 



The Secretary said the Committee might remodel the Prize 

 Schedules and Classification of Exhibits before another Show. 



Mr John Annand, Haystoun Estate, Peebles, said he thought 



