I20 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICUI-TITRAL SOCIETY. 



On the creation of the Aberdeen Branch of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society, he became one of the first members, and 

 from the active interest he displayed in forestry generally, he 

 was appointed the third President of the Branch, his first term 

 of office being interrupted by the war. But on recovering from 

 his wounds, he was appointed to a second triennium. His 

 enthusiasm for forestry, combined with his business aptitude, 

 courteous demeanour and kindly disposition, endeared him to 

 all the members, and the Branch is indebted to him for much of 

 its success. 



In the Estates, Nurseries and Plantations Competition for 1920, 

 Mr Irvine was awarded the prize for Nurseries in Class I. The 

 Drum estate nursery was referred to, in the report by the judges, 

 as "a model of all that an estate nursery should be." 



By Mr Irvine's death the Society has lost a much valued 

 member, and forestry generally one of its most enthusiastic 

 votaries. To his sorrowing widow and bereaved family the 

 warmest sympathy of the Society is extended. 



Mr George Fraser. 



The Society has to record with deep regret the loss of an 

 esteemed member in Mr George Fraser, F.S.I., Official Arbiter 

 for Scotland, who took an active interest in all that concerned 

 the welfare of the Society and the promotion of forestry. He 

 joined the Society in 1892, and had just completed at the time of 

 his death a period of four years' service as member of Council. 

 He was also a member of the Forestry Consultative Committee 

 for Scotland, which was established under the Forestry Act of 

 1919. As a former governor of the Glasgow and West of Scotland 

 Agricultural College, Mr Fraser took a keen interest in the 

 forestry department of that institution, and in his capacity 

 as chairman of the Committee of the Middle Ward of Lanark- 

 shire, he took a leading part in the initiation of the afforestation 

 scheme for the Camps water-catchment area, and also in the 

 establishment of the Hairmyres nursery. His object in the latter 

 case was not only to supply plants for the Camps ground, but 

 also to provide light and healthy open-air employment for 

 patients at the Hairmyres Sanatorium. The successful establish- 

 ment of this excellent scheme was largely due to his skill as an 

 organiser. 



