Il8 TRANSACTIONS OV ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBOKICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OBITUARY. 



Mr Charles Macintosh. 



Mr Charles Macintosh, Inver, Dunkeld, who was well known 

 to many Scottish foresters, passed away last January at the 

 advanced age of eighty-three. Mr Macintosh was recognised in 

 scientific circles as a keen and observant naturalist of the true 

 type. He was an authority on cryptogamic botany, and had 

 an extensive knowledge of the fungi. His advice was frequently 

 sought by foresters and others interested in pathological forms. 

 Mr Macintosh was a prominent member of the Perthshire Society 

 of Natural History, to which he contributed a number of 

 communications on natural history and meteorology ; he also 

 made valuable contributions to the natural history and anti- 

 quarian museums in Perth. His researches in the field of 

 mycology added considerably to our knowledge of fungi 

 injurious to trees. Among his discoveries of economic 

 importance to forestry was an entirely new species of fungus, 

 Cuacrbitaria pithyophilia, which in places may cause considerable 

 damage to the Scots pine. Mr Macintosh was held in high 

 esteem by a large circle of friends and fellow naturalists. 

 He was of a kindly and likeable disposition, and was always 

 willing to impart his knowledge to others less well informed. 



Mr Alexander M'Rae. 



Mr Alexander M'Rae, District Officer under the Forestry 

 Commission in Ireland, died at Bowood, Wiltshire, on the 

 31st March, after a few weeks' illness. 



Mr M'Rae was born on the Cullen House Estate, Banffshire, 

 and served his apprenticeship under the late Mr C. Y. Michie. 

 He served several years as assistant forester at Scone, Bowood, 

 and other estates, and was then appointed forester to the late 

 Mr Stanier, Peplow Hall, Staffordshire. In 1896 he came to 

 Ireland as forester to Captain Prior Wandesforde, Castlecomer, 

 Co. Kilkenny, with whom he remained until 1908. He spent 

 a few months of the latter year in Edinburgh, and took charge 

 of the forestry exhibit of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 

 Society at the Exhibition which was held at Saughton Park, 

 Gorgie. The Society were fortunate in having the assistance 



