Hogal Scotttsi) ^rbortcultural Societgi 



Instituted 16th February 1854. 



PATRON : 



HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE KING. 



PROCEEDINGS IN 1914. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Sixty-first Annual Business Meeting of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society was held in the Goold Hall, 5 St Andrew 

 Square, Edinburgh, on Saturday, 7th February 19 14, at 11 a.m. 

 Captain Archibald Stirling of Keir, President, in the Chair. 

 There was a large number of members present, including Mr 

 John D. Sutherland who represented the Board of Agriculture 

 at the meeting. 



Apologies. 



Apologies for absence were intimated from the Rt. Hon. R. C. 

 Munro Ferguson, M.P. ; Sir Andrew Agnew ; Dr John Nisbet ; 

 and Messrs W. Steuart Fothringham, Robert Usher, J. F. 

 Annand, A. T. Gillanders, James Kay, and others. 



Minutes. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting held at Paisley on 

 9th July last, which had been printed and circulated amongst 

 the members, were approved. 



Election of Honorary Member. 



The Chairman said : "The first business on the paper is the 

 election of Dr J. Coaz, Inspector-General of Forests in Switzer- 

 land, as an Honorary Member of the Society. I am quite sure 



