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hardly say that they appreciated very much the honour which 
had been done them that day. He had only to ask them to 
look around the tables, and see the numbers who had taken 
advantage of the privilege which Mr Steuart Fothringham 
had given them, to see how much that privilege had been 
appreciated. In their drive through Perthshire that day they 
had passed through a lovely country, and at last had reached 
Murthly, which some of them had seen before. Others were 
visiting it for the first time. He was quite sure that those 
who had not seen it before would acknowledge, before the 
day was over, that it surpassed anything that they had seen 
of the kind elsewhere. This part of Scotland appeared to be 
really the home of the conifer. The situation, shelter, the 
moisture of the atmosphere, as well as the soil, seemed to be 
particularly favourable to the growth of conifers. He did not 
mean to say that deciduous trees did not also grow well here; 
but he thought he was right in dwelling upon the point that 
coniferous trees were the special feature of this locality. They 
would not only find admirable individual trees, but specimen 
conifers growing in picturesque groups in a most luxuriant 
way. He believed that many of their friends from the south 
of England and other places would be surprised to find the 
wealth of vegetation that was exhibited upon this estate. In 
proposing a vote of thanks to Mr Steuart Fothringham for his 
hearty reception, he thought he might say that this was a very 
important occasion, on which they could show to their English 
friends what the Scottish people were doing for forestry. The 
Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society had for years laboured 
in the cause of forestry. The annual excursion was a very 
important educative influence, and the meeting they were 
having that day would not, he was sure, be the least important 
of any of those which the Society had held. This educative 
influence of the Society would, he hoped, go on increasing ; 
and in a few years he trusted that they would perfect their 
educative system to such an extent that foresters from Scot- 
land would be recognised even more than they were at present 
all the world over. He asked them to accord their heartiest 
vote of thanks to Mr Steuart Fothringham for the very great 
privilege he had given them that day of coming to view his 
grounds, and in the second place for the very cordial and 
hearty manner in which he had entertained them. 
Mr Sreven Bourng, on behalf of the members of the British 
Association, spoke of the great pleasure it had given him, in 
driving through the country that day, to see the land every- 
where so well utilised. Coming from the south as he did, he 
was quite surprised to see the luxuriance of the crops. It spoke 
