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away from the mansion-house, looking well under the beams 
of the now declining sun. Before leaving, the company 
were conducted to the front of the mansion, where, on the 
smoothly-shaven lawn, there was set out a sumptuous tea, over 
which Mrs Black presided with charming grace. A quarter 
of an hour was spent in a most agreeable way, enjoying the 
hospitality of Captain and Mrs Black, and then adieu had to 
be said. Professor Bayley Balfour once more gave expression 
to the gratitude of the company for the kindness they had 
received in Perthshire on this occasion, and to Captain and 
Mrs Black tendered the most cordial thanks of the Society. 
Three cheers having been given for their host and hostess, the 
company took carriages and started on their way for Perth. 
Driving rapidly through the village of Methven, and along the 
road traversed in the morning, the party reached the railway 
station just in time to catch the last trains going north and 
south. 
It is one of the peculiarities of the excursions of the Royal 
Scottish Arboricultural Society, that the latest always seems 
the best. The 1892 excursion takes its place as the best 
attended the Society has ever held, and in point of interest, it 
certainly holds its own with those which have preceded it. 
