TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
XV. President's Address—Delivered at the Thirty-third Annual 
Meeting, August 3, 1886. By Huau CLecuorn of Stravithie, 
M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E. 
GENTLEMEN, 
In appearing before you without any formal 
address, I must explain that I have just returned from Germany, 
where urgent business detained me longer than was expected. 
My term of Presidency having now expired, I cannot quit the 
chair without expressing my sense of the honour conferred in 
your election of me as President at four Annual Meetings. The 
Society has made an excellent choice in appointing Sir Herbert 
Eustace Maxwell, Bart., M.P., President for the ensuing year. 
He is an extensive landed proprietor, and well known for his love 
of Arboriculture. He has been an active member of the Parlia- 
mentary Committee on Forestry during two sessions, and he 
will doubtless render valuable assistance when Parliament meets 
again. We hoped that he would have favoured us with the 
annual address, but, as you have been informed by the Secretary, 
the new President is unavoidably absent on military duty. 
The Society continues to fully maintain its position and 
numbers. There are at present—Honorary Members, 18; Life 
Members, 120; Ordinary Members, 600,—making a total of 738. 
During the year several important additions to the Library 
have been received, and the collection of forest literature is now 
extensive and valuable, including many foreign works. The difli- 
culty of locating the Library still remains; but the transfer of 
forest specimens to the Museum of Science and Art has been 
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