ROYAL 
SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
EXCURSION TO THH UPPER FORTH 
AND LOCH LOMOND DISTRICT. 
FIRST DAY. 
THe Council of the Society having arranged to hold the 
Nineteenth ANNUAL Excursion in the romantic and well- 
wooded district lying between Stirling and Loch Lomond, a 
large number of the members and their friends came from all 
parts of the country to join in it. For the first time in the 
annals of the Excursions, a distinguished representative of German 
Forestry was present, in the person of Professor Adam Schwap- 
pach, of the Forestry Academy, Eberswalde, Prussia, who was 
most cordially welcomed by the members, many of whom were 
delighted to renew their acquaintance formed with the Professor 
in the German forests, through which he had conducted them 
with such marked success during the Excursion of last year. 
The rendezvous for the start was the ancient royal burgh of 
Stirling; the main body of the Excursionists arriving there from 
Edinburgh via the Forth Bridge, in saloon carriages specially 
provided for the Excursion by the North British Railway 
Company. When the whole party had mustered at Stirling, it 
was found to exceed one hundred in number ; and every member 
was supplied with a handy itinerary and map of the district to 
be traversed. Among others present were :—Charles Adamson, 
Leven; Professor Bayley Balfour, Edinburgh; Robert Baxter, 
Dalkeith Park; David Brown, Chevet Park, Yorks; R. Brown, 
Castle Craig, Dolphinton ; Charles Buchanan, Penicuik ; Richard 
Cairns, Balruddery, Dundee; Mungo Chapman, St Ninians, 
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