136 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
OBITUARY NOTICE. 
WILLIAM MACKINNON. 
With much regret we have to record the death of Mr Wm. 
Mackinnon, which occurred on the 24th of October 1906, at his 
residence at Murrayfield, after a protracted illness. 
An Aberdeenshire man, Mr Mackinnon, after serving his 
apprenticeship with the firm of James Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, 
migrated southwards, and some twenty years ago became 
manager of the nursery and seed-trade firm of John Downie, 
Edinburgh, an appointment which he held at the time of his 
death. During his connection with Mr Downie’s firm he 
became known to a wide circle of people, and amongst horti- 
culturists and arboriculturists alike, his simple, kindly nature 
won him many friends. At the time of his death Mr Mackinnon 
was a member of this Society’s Council (on which he had 
previously served for several terms), and as a member of the 
Excursion Committee he was one of the most frequent attendants 
at the annual outings. He was also at the time of his death 
a member of Council of the Scottish Horticultural Association, 
the Honorary Treasurership of which he resigned a year ago; 
and he was an ex-member of Council of the Royal Caledonian 
Horticultural Society. In all three societies his memory will 
long be cherished as one of the most likeable of men. 
AL Ds Re 
