8 ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT, NOVEMBER 3, 1875. 



in this country if Government took up the matter, and called in 

 the aid of the Scottish Arboricidtural Society. If the student 

 acquires a thorough knowledge of the principles and practice of 

 Arboriculture in this country, he could easily get the additional 

 information required for such countries as India in the way of 

 forest management and rules. These details must be acquired on 

 the spot, as they vary in different places. 



The Highland and Agricultural Society is now offering burs- 

 aries for youths who prosecute natural science studies in schools, 

 especially such departments as botany, physical geography, 

 chemistry, and geology. The announcements are as follows : — 



1. That the Society shall grant annually ten bursaries of £20 

 each, and five of £10 each, to be competed for by pupils, at 

 schools to be approved of by the Directors, which include, or are 

 willing to introduce, the teaching of chemistry, and the follow- 

 ing branches of natural science — physical geography, botany, and 

 geology, into their curriculum. 



2. That the £20 bursaries shall be tenable for one year at the 

 University of Edinburgh for the purpose of enabling the holders 

 to take the classes necessary to qualify for the Society's Certificate 

 or Diploma; and the £10 bursaries to be tenable for the same 

 period, to enable the holders to receive another year's preparation 

 at the schools. 



3. That the bursaries shall be determined by examination held 

 in Edinburgh by the Society's examiners. 



For instruction in arboricultural principles botanic gardens in 

 this country offer many facilities. There is at Kew an excellent 

 arboretum, illustrating all the most important trees now culti- 

 vated in this country. Dr Hooker has done excellent service in 

 this respect, following in the footsteps of his distinguished father. 



We have, in the Botanic Garden here, a very good collection of 

 forest trees, but the space is far too limited for the purpose of 

 arboricultural study ; and, hence I have requested Government to 

 purchase grounds, lying in the vicinity of the Garden, for an 

 Arboretum. There is now an opportunity of acquiring Inverleith 

 grounds, on the west of the Garden, and I hope that Govern- 

 ment will not lose the opportunity now offered of acquiring 

 them, from the trustees of Fettes College. These grounds have 

 been recently visited by many eminent arboriculturists and landed 

 proprietors, and all agree in the importance of securing them. 

 The difficulty, on the part of the Treasury, is the purchase money. 



