TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



TWYAL SCOTTISH AEBOEICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

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EXCURSION 1889. 



The Annual Excursion will take place on Wednesday and 

 Tliursday, 7th and 8th August, to SHERWOOD FOREST, 

 Nottinghamshire, when the Estates of Clumber, Thoresby, 

 PtUFFORD, Welbeck, and Worksop will be visited. Due in- 

 timation will be made to the Members of the Route, Charges, etc. 

 Members who intend to join the Excursion will oblige by- 

 intimating the same to me as soon as possible, so that the 

 necessary arrangements may be completed. 



W. J. MOFFAT, 



Secretary. 

 5 St Andrew Square, 



Edinburgh, May 1889. 



treated to an excellent discourse upon subjects of importance to 

 Forestiy, and upon many matters having a beneficial influence 

 upon the welfare and prosperity of the Society. Therefore, 

 I regret the more that I am not gifted with the eloquence 

 necessary to address you in the same effective style ; nor am I 

 possessed of the practical knowledge and training to enter with 

 success upon a technical discussion of any special branch of the 

 wide subjects of Arboriculture and Sylviculture, or what we 

 know by the simple and comprehensive term of Forestry ; but, 

 if you will kindly bear with me for a short time, I will endeavour 



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