TEAN8ACTI0NS 



OF THE 



EOYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I. Report of General Meeting held in Christian 

 Institute, Bothwell Street, Glasgow, on Wed- 

 nesday, nth July 1917. 



At the beginning of the meeting, Sir Andrew Agnew, who 

 occupied the chair, said : — " I believe this is the first meeting 

 of the ArboricLiltural Society of this kind which has been held 

 in Glasgow. It was recently brought to the notice of the 

 Council that there were a number of members in the West of 

 Scotland who would like to attend the meetings and to take 

 part in the discussions, and who found it very difficult to 

 attend the meetings in Edinburgh. The Council therefore de- 

 cided that the summer meeting, which is usually held in 

 connection with the Highland and Agricultural Society Show, 

 should take place this year in Glasgow. I am glad to see that 

 there is a considerable turnout of members. I think it shows 

 that we were right in coming here, and if there should be a 

 general desire that similar meetings should be held in future 

 in Glasgow, there seems no doubt that they could be easily 

 arranged. 



" Since the last General Meeting of our Society, the most 

 important thing that has happened in connection with forestry 

 is the fact that the Committee specially appointed to advise 

 the Government on the subject of national afforestation has con- 

 cluded its enquiries and presented its report. The recom- 

 mendations of the Committee have not yet been made public ; 

 but, from what we know of the necessities of the case and of 

 the men who have been considering them, we may feel pretty 

 confident that the Committee will advise immediate action, 

 and probably action of a far-reaching character. I do not 

 think there would be much use in speculating upon what the 



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