APPENDIX. 



REPORT of a Committee of the Highland Society of Scot- 

 land, appointed to inspect the operations of Sir Henry 

 Steuart of Allanton, Baronet, in transplanting Large Trees 

 and Underwood, and to report to the Society thereupon. 



At the General Meeting of the Society, on 8th January, 1823, a 

 Letter was read from Sir Henry Steuart of Allanton, Bart., stating his 

 haviiig, for several years, practised extensively and successfully on his 

 estate, the operation of Transplanting Large Trees and Underwood, 

 without mutilating their tops, or in any way injuring their appearance, 

 and requesting, that the Society would appoint a Committee to inspect 

 his operations. The Society accordingly named the following Com- 

 mittee of its members, for that purpose : — 



The Right Honourable Lord Belhaven. 

 The Honourable Lord Succoth. 

 Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 



George Cranstoun, Esq. (now Lord Corehouse.) 

 Alexander Young, Esq. of Harbum. 

 G. Laing Meason, Esq. of Lindertis. 

 Lieutenant-General Graham Stirling of Duchray. 

 G. Hamilton Dundas, Esq. of Duddingston. 

 Dr. Robert Graham, Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Edinburgh. 



Dr. Andrew Coventry, Professor of Agriculture. 

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