Hogal Scotttsi) ^rboricultuml Socictj)* 



Instituted 16th February 1854. 



PATRON : 



HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE KL\G. 



PROCEEDINGS IN IBIS.-Continued. 



THE GENERAL MEETING. 



The General Meeting of the Society was held in the Show 

 Yard at Paisley, on Wednesday, 9th July 1913, at 3 p.m. 

 Captain Stirling, President of the Society, was Chairman, 

 and there was a large attendance of members. 



Minutes. 



The Chairman mentioned that the Minutes of the Annual 

 Meeting had been printed and circulated with the Transactions, 

 and that it was proposed to hold them as read. This was 

 agreed to. 



Apologies. 



Apologies for absence were intimated from Sir John Stirling- 

 Maxwell ; Sir Kenneth Mackenzie; the Rt. Hon. R. C. Munro 

 Ferguson, M.P., Hoti. Secretary; Lord Balfour of Burleigh; 

 Mr Gammell ; Sir Arthur Mackenzie ; Colonel Stewart 

 Mackenzie ; Dr Nisbet : Mr John Mackenzie, Dunvegan ; Mr 

 Davidson, Panmure ; and Mr Leven, Bowmont Forest. 



Chairman's Remarks. 



In opening his remarks the Chairman made suitable reference 

 to the death of Mr John Methven, Member of Council and Con- 

 vener of the Finance Committee, and mentioned that a wreath 

 had been sent to the funeral and a letter of condolence to his relat- 

 ives. In the course of his further remarks the President said that 



