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tion, from 4$. to i is. no members. Balance. 1908, 300. 

 Meetings are held at various places; visits of inspection are made 

 to forest areas; medals and prizes are offered to young foresters 

 and others for essays connected with Forestry ; and an examination 

 for proficiency in Forestry is conducted under the Society's auspices. 

 The annual summer meeting in 1908 was held in Denmark. The 

 Transactions are published annually. The Quarterly Journal of 

 Forestry is also issued for the Society at 2s., by Simpkin, Marshall 

 and Co. London. 



President: Sir Hugh R. Beevor, Bart., 17, Wimpole Street, Ca- 

 vendish Square, London, W. Secretary : Edward Davidson, Haydon- 

 Bridge-on-Tyne Northumberland. 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. Founded 1854. Subscrip- 

 tion, from 4.9. to i is. 1300 members. Receipts, 1908, 529, 

 Funds, December, 1908, i 706. Meetings are held at various times 

 for discussion, etc.; excursions are made to British and Continental 

 forests; medals, etc., are awarded for essays on practical subjects, 

 and for inventions connected with Forestry ; and an annual exhibition is 

 organised in connection with the Highland and Agricultural Society's 

 Show, prizes of about 30, besides medals, being usually offered. 



Recent discussions, " Planting of Waste Lands, " " State Fo- 

 restry," " Forestry Education," " Larch Disease " (a Report of 

 an investigation into the latter was issued in June, 1905), "Trees 

 of Western America," " A Scheme for Establishing National Industry 

 of Forestry," " The Forest Resources of the United Kingdom," 

 " Demonstration Forests for Scotland." 



The Transactions are now published twice a year, at 3.?. to non- 

 members, by Douglas & Foulis, 9, Castle Street, Edinburgh. For 

 the benefit of proprietors a Register of Foresters and others de- 

 sirous of obtaining situations is kept. 



President: Sir Kenneth J. Mackenzie, Bart., of Gairloch, 10, Moray 

 Place, Edinburgh. Hon. Secretar^: R. C. Munro Ferguson, M. P. Secret. 

 andTreas.; Robert Galloway, S. S. C., 19, Castle Street, Edinburgh. " 



Horticultural Societies in England and Scotland. (British 

 Year-Book of Agriculture and Agricultural Who 's Who 1909-10. 

 London, 1909, p. 93). 



" Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. Founded 1809. Incor- 

 porated by Royal Charters in 1824 and 1898. Subscription from 



