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APPENDIX C. 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society (Aberdeen Branch). 

 REPORT 1917. 



The Committee beg to submit the Twelfth Annual Report of 

 the Branch, 



The Membership of the Branch is ii6, four having joined 

 the Branch during the year. 



In view of the continuance of the war, and the restricted 

 travelling facilities, it was unanimously decided not to hold 

 any excursions during the year, and, accordingly, only two 

 regular meetings of the Branch have been held, one being the 

 Annual Meeting on gth December 1916, and the other on 

 i6th June 1917. 



At the Annual Meeting, held in December, formal business 

 only was transacted, and at the meeting held in June, a 

 discussion took place on " The War and its Effect on the 

 Future of British Forestry." The discussion, which was opened 

 by Mr C. S. France, and was taken part in by Sir Thomas 

 Burnett of Crathes, Messrs John Rule, George Wylie, 

 Alexander Robson, and Peter Leslie, was a useful contribution 

 to the interests of forestry and of the Branch. 



The Committee again beg to record their thanks to Professor 

 Trail, and to the University authorities, for the use of the 

 Botanical class-room to the Branch. 



James W. H. Trail, 



President. 



George D. Massie, 



Secretary. 

 Aberdeen, \\th December 1917. 



