XVlll PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



FEBRUARY 13, 1919. 

 James Whytock, Esq., President, in tlie Chair. 



Mr. Andrew Mason, 28 8t. Andrew Square, was elected 

 Treasurer of the Society. 



Mr. C. I. Blackburne was elected a non-Resident 

 Fellow, and Mr. N. M. Johnson, an Associate Member. 



Dr. A. \V. BoRTHWiCK gave a short address on the 

 methods which at present obtain in forest survey. He 

 gave an account of some of the proposals which are at 

 present being put into action with regard to the reaffores- 

 tation of Scotland. He made the interesting observation 

 that a botanical survey of the areas was found to be one 

 of the most satisfactor}^ foundations for gauging the soil 

 capabilities of the various areas. He further gave an 

 account of the collection of scientific data of growth, etc., 

 in the timber trees of Scotland. On an average it is found 

 that it takes twenty years less to grow sizeable timber in 

 this country than in continental areas. Scotland is found 

 to be superior for timber growing to such an extent that 

 in some cases nearlj' double the productive capacity is 

 shown. 



^Ir. fl. ¥. TAGci read a paper on the opening of pine 

 cones, and gave an account of the seed extraction which 

 had been done at the Royal Botanic Garden for the supply 

 of pine seeds to the Board of Agriculture during the war. 

 He gave a most interesting account of the mechanism by 

 which pine seeds are gradually discharged from the cone. 



Dr. Stewart MacDougall gave records of the occur- 

 rence of Myelophilus viinor in Scotland (see p. 834), and 

 (;xhiljited the work of Crijptorrlij/nc/ius lapathi (Linn.) 

 on Willow. 



Sir JJyce Duckwort)! sent for exhibition a portion of 

 the famous Dragon Tree at ()ratava, Teneritfe, which he 

 had gathered in 1878, and a Stethoscope made in 1872 of 

 wood of one of the largest trees in the Yosemite ^"alley, 

 Sefjiio i.a f/iganfea. 



