4 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



for which the Society exists. When Lord Mansfield was here, he 

 remarked that young foresters in this country were not employed 

 in a proper way, and he suggested the introduction of the 

 apprentice system. That, I am quite sure, is a step in the 

 right direction, and the head foresters who have tried it bear 

 witness to the fact that the young men engaged in this way take 

 a more intelligent interest in their work. These, Gentlemen, are 

 all the remarks I shall offer you at present, but I would 

 conclude by again congratulating the Society on having reached 

 the jubilee year of its existence. 



Mr John Methven, Edinburgh, — Gentlemen, I have to propose 

 that we give our thanks to our President for his excellent and 

 interesting historical sketch of the Society. To the many 

 kindnesses that he has extended to foresters, he has added 

 another to-day. We also thank him for his kind invitation to us 

 to come and see his beautiful estate at Murthly in the month of 

 July. 



At the close of the President's Address, Mr Fraser Story, 

 Lecturer on Forestry to the Edinburgh and East of Scotland 

 College of Agriculture, delivered a lecture on " German 

 Forestry." The lecture, with the discussion thereon, is repro- 

 duced at page 138. 



