Hoyal Scottish &rfconcultural Society, 



Instituted 16th February 1854. 



PATRON : 



HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE KING 



PROCEEDINGS IN 1919. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Sixty-sixth Annual Business Meeting of the Royal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society was held in the Goold Hall, 

 5 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, on Saturday, 8th February, 

 1919. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.T., President of 

 the Society, presided, and there was a large attendance of 

 members. On the invitation of the Council of the Society, 

 representatives of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland and of 

 the Interim Forest Authority were present. 



Minutes. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting, held in Edinburgh on 

 3rd July last, were held as read and adopted. 



Apologies. 



Apologies for absence were intimated from the following : — 

 His Grace the Duke of Atholl ; Right Hon. Robert Munro, 

 K.C., Secretary for Scotland; Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Bart, 

 of Gairloch ; General Stirling of Keir; Mr Alex. F. Irvine of 

 Drum; Messrs Robert Allan, J. F. Annand, William Davidson, 

 J. A. Duthie, G. U. Macdonald, Lieut. -Col. Forbes of 

 Rothiemay, Sir Arthur Mackenzie of Coul, Mr H. J. Elvves of 

 Colesbome, and Messrs A. J. Mitchell, John M'Kerchar, and 

 J. Alexander. 



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