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APPENDIX D. 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society (Aberdeen Branch). 



REPORT 1920. 



The Committee beg to submit the Fifteenth Annual Report 

 of the Branch. 



The membership of the Branch is 183, nineteen having 

 joined during the year. The Branch has lost several members 

 through death and removal from the district, including Mr. J. A. 

 'Uuthie, of Messrs Ben Reid & Co., Nurserymen, Aberdeen, 

 who was a member of the Committee, and a very active and 

 useful member of the Branch, the members of which have 

 several times had the privilege of inspecting his firm's nurseries 

 at Pinewood, and receiving hospitality from him. 



The usual activities of the Branch have been carried on 

 during the year, two formal meetings — on 13th December 1919, 

 and 6th November 1920 — and two excursions — on loth June 

 and 26th August, having been held — and additional interest 

 was lent to the proceedings of the Branch on account of the 

 Forestry Exhibition under the auspices of the Society, having 

 taken place in Aberdeen during the week of the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society's Show in the month of July. 



At the Annual Meeting held in December, after the formal 

 business had been transacted, Mr John Rule, Huntly, read a 

 paper on "The Life and History of a Large Wood," the wood 

 referred to being the Bin Wood, Huntly. The paper was one 

 of great interest, and a discussion followed, Mr Rule being 

 asked to allow the Secretary to retain a copy of the paper for 

 future reference. 



On the occasion of the June meeting, the members had the 

 privilege, on the invitation of Mr William Low, of Balmakewan, 

 Kincardineshire, of visiting and inspecting his woods at Bal- 

 makewan. The excursion was largely attended, and the party 

 was met by Mr Low and personally shown over the woods and 

 grounds, and was afterwards entertained to tea by Mr and 

 Mrs Low. 



The August meeting took the form of an Excursion, on the 

 invitation of the Earl of Moray, to the woods of Darnaway, 

 near Forres. The party, numbering about fifty, travelled from 



