Membership. 
HE Roll contains the names of over 1100 Members, compris- 
ing Landowners, Factors, Foresters, Nurserymen, Gardeners, 
Land Stewards, Wood Merchants, and others interested in 
Forestry, many of whom reside in England, Ireland, the British 
Colonies, and India. 
Members are elected by the Council. The Terms of Subscription 
will be found on the back of the Form of Proposal for Membership 
which accompanies this Memorandum. 
The Principal Objects of the Society, 
and the nature of its work, will be gathered from the following 
paragraphs :— 
Meetings. 
The Society holds periodical Meetings for the transaction of 
business, the reading and discussion of Papers, the exhibition of 
new Inventions, specimens of Forest Products and other articles 
of special interest to the Members, and for the advancement 
of Forestry in all its branches. Meetings of the Council are 
held every alternate month, and at other times when business 
requires attention ; and Committees of the Council meet frequently 
to arrange and carry out the work of the Society. 
Prizes and Medals. 
With the view of encouraging young Foresters to study, and to 
train themselves in habits of careful and accurate observation, the 
Society offers Annual Prizes and Medals for essays on practical 
subjects, and for inventions connected with appliances used in 
Forestry. Such awards have been granted continuously since 
1855 up to the present time, and have yielded satisfactory 
results. Medals and Prizes are also awarded in connection with 
the Exhibitions aftermentioned. 
School of Forestry. 
Being convinced of the necessity for bringing within the reach 
of young Foresters, and others interested in the Profession, a 
regular systematic course of Instruction, such as is provided in 
Germany, France, and other European countries, the Society, in 
1882, strongly urged the creation of a British School of Forestry ; 
and with a view of stimulating public interest in the matter, a 
Forestry Exhibition, chiefly organised by the Council, was held in 
Edinburgh in 1884. 
As a further step towards the end in view, the Society, in 
1890, instituted a Fund for the purpose of establishing a Chair 
of Forestry at the University of Edinburgh, and a sum of 
