Official Control of Trade in Seeds. 



At the request of the Board of Agriculture,, the Society was 

 represented at a Conference on this subject and correspondence 

 followed. It was finally decided, however, that the main object 

 of the Control would be to deal with agricultural and horticul- 

 tural seeds rather than tree seeds, but the Committee was 

 continued to watch proceedings. 



Memorial Tree Planting. 



At the July Meeting Colonel Sutherland gave some indication 

 of this movement which had been started in America and was 

 spreading to other countries, and he suggested that the tree 

 which the President was to plant in the Meadows at the close of 

 that meeting should be dedicated to the memory of those 

 members of the Society who had laid down their lives in the 

 war. This was unanimously agreed to, and the tree was sub- 

 sequently planted, through the courtesy of the Town Council, 

 at the west end of the Meadows, near the trees planted by 

 members of the Royal Family. The tree was the gift of Messrs 

 Dicksons & Co., Nurserymen, Edinburgh. 



At a later stage the Duke of Buccleuch intimated that he 

 would be willing to act as President of the movement in Scotland. 



Women's Work in Forestry. 



At the request of the Committee on women's work connected 

 with the Ministry of Reconstruction, Mr Leven, representing the 

 Society, attended a Conference with the Scottish Council of 

 women's training, and impressed upon them the desirability of 

 retaining country women on the land rather than endeavouring 

 to bring them back from the town into the country. 



Pit-wood and Coal. 



Notes on the subject of the relation of pit-wood to coal were 

 prepared and forwarded to the Secretary of the Coal Industry 

 Commission, with a request that the Society might have an 

 opportunity of giving evidence on the subject, but the evidence 

 was not called for. 



Excursion. 



The Council has agreed to resume the Excursions, and has 

 appointed a Committee to make preliminary arrangements for 

 this summer. The Committee has suggested that a district of 

 Wales and probably the Forest of Dean should be visited. An 

 intimation to this effect was inserted in the notice calling this 

 meeting, and a postcard was sent out which members who desire 

 particulars when ready could return to the Secretary. A large 

 number of these postcards have already been returned. 



