114 THE SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
THE SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Av a Meeting held in Edinburgh on the 16th of February 1854, 
at which Mr William M‘Corquodale, Forester, Scone Palace, 
Perth, presided, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to 
Mr James Brown on the occasion of his appointment to the office 
of Deputy-Surveyor of Dean Forest, Gloucestershire, a suggestion 
was made by Mr William Thomson, Deputy-Surveyor, Chopwell 
Wood, Co. Durham, that, as Agriculture and Horticuiture had 
derived much benefit from Associations designed to promote their 
respective interests, ‘‘ something of a similar kind should be done 
for Forestry.” The suggestion was at once adopted by the Meeting, 
and the Scottish Arboricultural Society there and then originated. 
A Committee was immediately formed to carry out the pro- 
posal, the members of which were:—James Brown, Deputy- 
Surveyor, Dean Forest, President; William M‘Corquodale, 
Forester and Wood-Surveyor, Scone, Vice-President; James 
Alexander, Nurseryman, Edinburgh, Secretary ; John Anderson, 
Nurseryman, Perth, Zveaswrer ; James Balden, Forester, Lennox- 
love; John Balden, Forester, Bywell Castle; Mr Campbell, 
Alloa; Robert Cowan, Forester, Arniston; James Dickson, 
Forester, Charlton; Thomas Forbes, Forester, Whittinghame ; 
Robert Gardiner, Forester and Land Steward, Eglinton Castle ; 
John M‘Donald, Forester, Bargany: John M‘Laren, Forester, 
Hopetoun; Hugh M‘Laren, Forester, Shaw Park; Alexander 
M‘Leish, Forester, Alnwick Castle; James Rutherford, Forester, 
Buckden ; John Thomson, Forester, Culhorn ; William Thomson, 
Deputy-Surveyor, Chopwell; and Thomas ‘Taylor, Forester, 
Camperdown, Members of Conumittee. 
Several Meetings of the Committee were held during the year 
1854, at which the Constitution and Laws were drawn up, and 
various matters of importance discussed and arranged for the 
formal institution of the Society. The results of the labours of 
the Committee were submitted to the first ‘‘ Annual General 
Meeting” of the Society, held at 6 York Place, Edinburgh, on 
dlst January 1855, Mr James Brown, President, in the chair, and 
after full consideration were unanimously approved. 
The following Table shows, in a concise form, the rise and pro- 
gress of the Society during the first thirty years of its existence, 
and indicates the great influence it has brought to bear, from a 
very modest beginning, on the Science and Art of Forestry in 
this country. 
