TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
I. Address delivered at the Thirty-first Annual Meeting. By 
Hucu Cuiecuorn of Stravithie, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E. 
GENTLEMEN,—I find myself called upon, at a time of unusual 
pressure, to say a few words to my old friends at their annual 
meeting. I rejoice to see many known faces, and to find so many 
fresh recruits joining our ranks, and distinguished strangers 
appearing amongst us this day. Being aware that a large pro- 
portion of the country members are anxious to adjourn to the 
Forestry Exhibition, I shall compress my remarks to the shortest 
possible length. 
It is becoming that I should first notice the absence of our dear 
lamented friend and ex-President, Hmeritus Professor Balfour, 
who so often welcomed us to this class-room, and whose venerable 
countenance was never absent from our annual gatherings. He 
spent a long, laborious, and useful life in this city, and has been 
called to rest with his fathers. 
When we met last year, we were looking forward to the proba- 
bility of the Forestry Exhibition taking place, and I have to con- 
gratulate you on the fulfilment of the project. The Marquis of 
Lothian, our late President, in his address at the opening of the 
Exhibition, gracefully alluded to our Society when he gave it the 
credit of having first proposed the Exhibition. We are, of course, 
deeply interested in the results that may flow from this great under- 
taking ; these are still in the future, but we know that the pro- 
gress of our work is being keenly watched by all who have the 
least acquaintance with Forestry in this as well as in other lands, 
Such an Exhibition as this has of necessity engrossed the 
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