ROYAL 
SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
EXCURSION TO FIFESHIRE AND 
PERTHSHIRE. 
THE FirreentH ANNUAL Excursion of the Society was held 
on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of August, when the estates of 
Stravithie, Balbirnie, and Falkland, in Fifeshire; and Scone, 
Meikleour, Murthly, Methven, The Cairnies, and Balgowan, in 
Perthshire, were visited. For the occasion, the headquarters 
of the Society were at the Salutation Hotel, Perth. 
Easy of access by rail from all parts of the country—north 
and south—it was expected that an Excursion to this district, 
so full of interest to the arboriculturist, would be exceedingly 
popular with the members. So it turned out to be. A better 
attended Excursion has not been held in the history of the 
Society. The weather on the three days left little to be desired 
by those who had to pass the most of their time in the open 
air, and, on the second day, éclat was given to the pro- 
ceedings by the presence of a party of members of the British 
Association, who, having completed the business of the meeting 
at Edinburgh of the Association, made an excursion north 
to see the beauties of Scone and Murthly in company with 
the members of the Arboricultural Society. Among other 
gentlemen taking part in the Excursion were :—Charles 
Adamson, Leven; John Alexander, Kandy, Ceylon; John 
Allan, Dalmeny; Professor Bayley Balfour, President of the 
Society ; John Barron, Borrowash, Derby ; J. Barton, Hatfield, 
Herts; R. Baxter, Dalkeith; Lewis Bayne, Scone; James 
Berry, Berwick ; W. 5S. Bissett, Bridge of Earn; Andrew Boa, 
Dalton, Newcastle ; A. Boa, jun., Great Thurlow, Suffolk ; John 
Boyd, Pollok, Pollokshaws; Charles Buchanan, Penicuik; J. 
Clark, Haddo House, Aberdeen; Dr Cleghorn, Stravithie; Philip 
Cockburn, Dalkeith; James Cook, Arniston, Gorebridge; James 
Crabbe, Glamis; George Croucher, Ochtertyre, Crieff; John 
