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it since his return to this country, make his services most valuable. 

 If I venture in another portion of my address to act somewhat 

 egotistically aud touch upon the planting and improvements which 

 took place on my own estate at Blahadam, it is to him that I owe 

 the suggestion that such an allusion might not be unpleasing to you. 

 He made the suggestion because he was intimately acquainted in his 

 early days with the plantations and improvements in that place, 

 and with the great and intelligent interest which was taken in all 

 that pertained to forestry by those who preceded me. As to Mr 

 Hutchison, I may say that he has been the life and soul of the 

 Society for many years, and I doubt very much whether, if it had 

 not been for his great and continuous exertions and for his most 

 valuable contributions to the literature of Arboriculture published 

 in the Transactions of the Society, we should have been at this 

 day in the vigorous existence which we happily enjoy. In con- 

 nection with Mr Hutchison's name I cannot pass on without saying 

 a word of praise and encouragement on the establishment of the 

 Journal of Forestry, of which he is an able and assiduous contri- 

 butor. That journal was established only this year, and was referred 

 to at your meeting last year. I trust it may yet become the organ of 

 the Society. It is creditable to the founders that it was established 

 entirely independently, and has not in any way trenched on the 

 funds of the Society. I would urge all the members and all those 

 who are interested in the success of the science of forestry to read 

 and subscribe to it. I am glad to see that peculiar facilities are 

 offered to under-foresters and others for obtaining the journal at 

 a reduced rate. I trust that advantage will be taken of its 

 columns to make known to the public generally all that is inter- 

 esting and instructive on the subject of Arboriculture, and I hope 

 the staff and contributors may have all the success they deserve 

 for having undertaken a useful, instructive, and possibly as yet a 

 not very lucrative work. 



I observe in the history of our Society that in 1871 the Queen 

 was graciously pleased to become our patron. She has always 

 evinced great interest in the rearing of woodlands, and on her own 

 estate in the Highlands much has been done in this way. I observe 

 also that about the same time we became affiliated to the British 

 Association; this I consider was a great step in advance, and most 

 useful and valuable for the Society. It should be an inducement 

 to all who are interested in our success, to use greater endeavours 

 to bring their powers of accurate observation to bear on the natural 



