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with their formation and maintenance. I trust that the visit may- 

 be profitable to you, that the faculties of observation will receive a 

 healthy stimulus and be brought into vigorous exercise, and that you 

 will go home with enlarged views of your calling. Perhaps some 

 influence may lead you, or some dormant power of brain be stirred 

 within you, which after diligent study and patient perseverance may 

 raise you to the rank of a Loudon, a Macnab, or a M'Corquodale. 



Geology and botany, chemistry and surveying, are all useful 

 studies to the young forester desirous of rising in his profession, and 

 are sciences of which the smallest amount of sound knowledge can- 

 not fail to be of service. 



I understand there is a proposal for the enlargement of this 

 beautiful garden with a view to the formation of an extended 

 arboretum, a scheme which while adding to the usefulness of the 

 garden for educational purposes, will also contribute to the amenity 

 of the city. 



I have once again to thank you for having placed me in this 

 honourable position, and before vacating the chair, I would take 

 the opportunity of expressing my great gratification in learning that 

 it is, I understand, the unanimous feeling of the Society that Pro- 

 fessor Balfour be your president-elect. By having his name in this 

 way associated with you, honour will be done to the Society, and a 

 just tribute paid to his life-long interest in the success of arbori- 

 culture. 



