TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
VII. President's Address—Delivered at the Thirty-second Annual 
Meeting. By Hucu Ciecuorn of Stravithie, M.D., LL.D., 
F.R.S.E. 
GENTLEMEN,—In thanking the members of the Society for my 
re-election as President, I must apologise for coming before you 
without a formal address. My visit to London, to give evidence 
before the Parliamentary Committee on Forestry, and other 
important engagements, have fully taken up my spare time. 
The Society has now existed for thirty-two years, and I venture 
to say that its efforts have been successful in stimulating concerted 
action in regard to the very wide range of subjects which it is 
specially designed to promote. The Society has now attained an 
important position. The number of members is nearly 800, 
showing a good increase on the previous year. Upwards of a 
hundred volumes of valuable works, chiefly in Forest literature, 
presented at the close of the Forestry Exhibition, have been 
added to the library. The annual statement of accounts, now 
before us, shows a balance of £205 at the credit of the Society. 
The great event of the past year in our department of 
work was, of course, the INTERNATIONAL ForEstRY EXHIBITION. 
There can be no doubt that the late exhibition gave a great 
impetus to the Science of Arboriculture, and benefits direct and 
indirect have resulted. Many excellent accounts of it have 
appeared in various publications ; but as a connected description 
tout ensemble of the whole Exhibition, I may refer you to an 
article by Messrs Dunn and M‘Laren in the last part of our 
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