Excursions. 



A short report in connection with the Excursion to Perthshire 

 was made at the Meeting held at Perth, and it is therefore 

 unnecessary to refer further to it. 



The Excursion to France was also briefly referred to at that 

 Meeting. The Company included the President, Professor 

 SchwappachofEberswalde; MrElisNilson, Sweden; DrSomerville, 

 Professor Fisher, and Mr George Marshall, President of the 

 English Arboricultural Society. The majority of the Members 

 carried out the whole tour, only about a dozen returning from 

 Nancy at the end of the first week. Mr Munro Ferguson was 

 unfortunately unable to take part in the tour, but he was kind 

 enough to meet the Members in London, and to conduct them 

 over Kew Gardens. The French officers at the Forest School at 

 Nancy, and at the various Forests visited, did all in their power 

 to make the visit both pleasant and instructive. The President 

 acted as leader of the party, and proved a most efficient interpreter. 

 In the course of the tour the President intimated that he would 

 give a prize for the best essay on the Excursion, and the Council 

 agreed to offer a second prize. The Judges were Colonel 

 Bailey, Professor Fisher, Dr Somerville, and Dr Nisbet. It 

 was disappointing to find that only one essay was received, for 

 which the Judges awarded a prize of ^6, los., and this sum 

 the President paid. On the return of the party, the Council 

 unanimously agreed to recommend that the Honorary Member- 

 ship of the Society should be conferred upon Auguste Edmond 

 Henry, Professor of Natural Science, etc.. National Forest 

 School, Nancy, who had rendered such invaluable services to 

 the Society in connection with their tour. 



(A full report of both Excursions will be found in the 

 Transactions.) 



It was found, after paying all expenses of the tour, that there 

 was a considerable balance of cash left over, and the Council 

 decided that the Committee should dispose of this balance as 

 follows : — {First) by presenting to each member of the party, and 

 also to a number of French Forest Officers, a large photograph 

 of the group taken at Celles, with the names of the Members 

 printed on it, and (Second) by repaying 15s. to each Member 

 who paid his full share of the expenses of the whole tour, and 

 IDS. to each Member who paid his full share of the expenses 

 of the half of the tour. The photographs are being prepared 

 by Mr Richardson, the Society's photographer, and they will be 

 forwarded by him to the Members of the party as soon as they 

 are ready. 



At the General Meeting held at Perth, it was decided that the 

 Excursion this year should be made to the neighbourhood of 

 Glasgow and North Ayrshire, in connection with the Exhibition 

 at Glasgow, and the Committee are preparing a draft programme 



