THE society's JUBILEE DINNER. 3 1 



IV. The Society's Jubilee Dinner. 



The Jubilee Dinner of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society 

 took place on the evening of i6th February 1904, in the Royal 

 British Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh. There was a large 

 gathering of members; and most of the gentlemen who had 

 represented the leading arboricultural, agricultural, collegiate, and 

 other bodies at the business meeting were present as guests. The 

 company numbered over a hundred. Mr W. Steuart Fothringham 

 of Murthly, President of the Society, occupied the chair, and the 

 croupiers were Sir Kenneth J. Mackenzie, Bart, of Gairloch, 

 Mr John Methven, Edinburgh, and Mr Alexander Pitcaithley, 

 Scone; and among those present were Bailie Murray; Bailie 

 M'Michael ; Treasurer Anderson, Edinburgh and District Water 

 Trust; Dr Somerville, Board of Agriculture; Sir Ralph Anstruther, 

 Bart., Highland and Agricultural Society; Councillor Macpherson, 

 Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture ; Mr 

 John Davidson, Secretary of the English Arboricultural Society; 

 Mr I. Scott Kerr, Irish Forestry Society; Mr P. Murray 

 Thomson, Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society; Mr Comfort, 

 Scottish Horticultural Association; Mr William Carruthers, 

 Royal Agricultural Society ; Mr A. D. Webster, Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society; Mr D. F, Mackenzie, Mortonhall; Mr J. 

 Grant Thomson, Strathspey; Mr James Kay, Bute; Rev. D. C. 

 Stewart, Currie; Mr Eraser Story; Mr James Macdonald, 

 Highland and Agricultural Society; Sir Archibald Buchan- 

 Hepburn ; Major Cadell of Grange ; Captain Milne-Home ; and 

 Mr H. J. Elwes, Colesborne. 



The menu card was exceedingly appropriate. The badge 

 and motto of the Society were surrounded by sprays of laurel 

 leaves, on which all the names of the presidents were inscribed, 

 while on the back were portraits of the first president, Dr James 

 Brown, and the present president, Mr Fothringham, and a list 

 of the chief events in the history of the Society. 



The President, in proposing the toast of " The King," said 

 His Majesty was good enough to grant the Society his patron- 

 age at the beginning of his reign. Long might his reign 

 continue, and long might he be their patron. 



The toast of " Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess 

 of Wales, and other Members of the Royal Family," was also 

 given from the Chair, and enthusiastically honoured. 



