TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



KOYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



14. Report of the Annual Meeting, February 1920. 



The Duke of Buccleuch, President, who was in the chair, 

 said : — " Gentlemen, before proceeding with the business on 

 the agenda, I have a special function to perform. You are 

 aware that Mr Galloway has now completed twenty-five years as 

 secretary of the Society, and, as members, you are also aware 

 that the Society has prospered in an unexampled way since he 

 became secretary, and I think I am quite correct in saying that 

 it is still prospering. This is largely due to the fact that the 

 Society has had as secretary, undoubtedly the best man it could 

 have had to fill the office. I need not give you figures. You 

 know how our membership has increased from year to year, 

 and how the exhibitions at the Highland Society Shows, the 

 excursions, and all the activities of the Society have developed. 



" A small committee was formed to approach and to ascertain 

 the views of the members as to a suitable method of expressing 

 our thanks and of showing our esteem for our secretary. A 

 most gratifying response was received from the members, not 

 only those resident in this country, but also those in the 

 Dominions and France, which shows that it is not merely 

 in this country but all over the world that his efforts are 

 appreciated. The committee ascertained that Mr Galloway 

 would like a microscope, and as that did not anything like 

 take up the whole of the subscriptions a suitably engraved piece 

 of plate has been added, and the remainder is in the form of a 

 cheque. I now present these to Mr Galloway, on behalf of the 

 members of the Society, as a small token both of our personal 

 friendship towards him and also of our appreciation of his 

 successful efforts in promoting the prosperity of the Society- 

 May he long continue to do so, and have himself long life and 

 prosperity." 



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