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APPENDIX F. 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society (Northern Branch). 



REPORT 1909. 



The Committee have the honour to submit the Report for 

 the Branch for the second complete year of its existence. In 

 consequence of the broken nature of the weather and other 

 causes, it was not found possible to hold more than one meeting. 

 Advantage was taken of the assembling of the Members of the 

 Society together to hear an address by Mr Dawson on the subject 

 of " Forestry Education," and also upon " Some Likely Foreign 

 Trees," and an interesting and instructive discussion followed 

 upon the address. 



In consequence of the arrangements made by gentlemen 

 connected with the Museum in Inverness for the care of objects 

 of interest entrusted to them, the Committee of the Branch 

 entered into communication with the Trustees of the Museum 

 and arranged that if a collection of forestry specimens could 

 be obtained by the Branch, the Trustees would house and take 

 care of the collection. A circular was accordingly issued appeal- 

 ing for specimens, and already a commencement has been 

 made. Specimens have been kindly presented by the Countess 

 of Seafield and Lord Lovat. It is hoped that proprietors and 

 others interested in wood-work and forestry in the neighbourhood 

 will still further add to this collection, so as to make it really 

 worthy of Arboriculture in the north of Scotland. 



The Membership of the Branch to the end of the year is 

 95, which contrasts with a INIembership of 70 when the 

 Committee made the report this time last year. 



The income of the Branch to the date of the return is^^TS, i8s., 

 of which ;^5 has been received from the Parent Society and 

 jQ2)^ 1 8s. from the Members and Subscribers. From the State- 

 ment of Accounts appended to this return, it will be seen that 

 there is a sum of ^10, 7s. id. at the credit of the Branch, which 

 sum is lying in bank in the name of the Treasurer. 



On behalf of the Committee of the Northern Branch of the 

 Society, 



Alex. Fraser, 



Secretary and Treasurer. 



