240 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



obtained from abroad and an increase in plants supplied by 

 members. 



Where members gave their orders at the beginning of the 

 planting season, these orders were met out of stocks selected 

 by the Nursery Committee, and gave unqualified satisfaction, 

 but many orders were received too late to be supplied out of 

 the selected stocks, and it was found difificult to meet the 

 demand either as regards quantity, quality, or price. Members 

 are urged to give their orders early if they wish to obtain good 

 plants. 



It has been thought that the development of the trade in 

 members' plants may be prejudicial to nurserymen. This does 

 not appear to be the case ; in fact, a large proportion of the 

 plants sold for members were sold to nurserymen to make up 

 their stocks. So long as nurserymen grow good plants they 

 must remain the principal source of supply, and every 

 encouragement should be given to them by the Society. Nursery- 

 men are showing a tendency to be more particular as to the 

 quality of the plants they grow, and the prices of nursery stock 

 are becoming more standardised. 



The following tendencies are to be noted : — 



1. An increase in the demand for larch and Douglas fir. 



2. A decrease in the demand for Scots pine. 



3. A further decrease in the demand for hardwoods from 



97,000 to 39,000, representing i hardwood for every 

 55 conifers 



