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1. By holding meetings for discussion, and for the interchange 

 of arboricultural and botanical information ; for the reading of 

 papers, original or translated, abstracts, or reviews of works bearing 

 upon the objects of the Society, or regarding arboricultural know- 

 ledge — practical, physiological, geographical, and palaeontological — ■ 

 and the application of such knowledge to constructive economy, 

 manufactures, and the arts. 



2. By publishing annually Proceedings and Transactions, includ- 

 ing a list of Members, and Abstracts of Accounts and Funds of the 

 Society. 



3. By the formation in Edinburgh of a Museum of Specimens of 

 British and Foreign Woods, and other articles of forest produce, or 

 connected with Forestry, such as implements, models, etc., or speci- 

 mens of geological formations specially suited to the growth of 

 different trees and shrubs, and of a Library for general consultation 

 and reference. 



4. By encouraging the cultivation of such trees and shrubs of 

 recent introduction, or of newer varieties, as may be found suitable 

 to the climate of Britain, with the view of facilitating the study of 

 their habits, uses, topographical distribution, and furthering the 

 principle of exchange amongst the Members. 



5. By directing, authorising, and assisting arboricultural excur- 

 sions and investigations connected with Forestry or kindred sciences, 

 to be undertaken in any part of Britain, or countries abroad. 



6. By appointing Local Secretaries in suitable provincial locali- 

 ties, from amongst the Members of the Society, to co-operate with 

 the General Secretary and Officials in Edinburgh in the interests 

 of the Society, and from whom, in their respective districts, all 

 information regarding the Society's objects and proceedings may be 

 obtained. 



III. The Society shall consist of two classes, viz. : Honorary and 

 Ordinary Members. The ordinary membership shall comprise — 

 (1.) Proprietors, Factors, Nurserymen, and others, contributing an 

 Annual Subscription of Half-a-Guinea ; (2.) Head Foresters, and 

 others, paying an Annual Subscription of Five Shillings ; (3.) Assist- 

 ant Foresters, and others, paying an annual subscription of Three 

 Shillings. 



IV. All Annual Subscriptions shall be payable in advance, at the 

 Annual General Meeting in November. 



V. Members in arrear shall not receive their Transactions 

 while their subscriptions remain unpaid ; and any Member whose 

 Annual Contribution to the Society has remained unpaid for three 

 years shall cease to be a Member of the Society; and no such 

 Member shall be eligible for re-election till he shall have paid up 

 his arrears ; and an annual list of those parties struck off the roll of 

 Members from this cause shall be submitted and read by the 



