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IHE GMRDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 13, 1875. 
requi: and Parliament would pass any scheme 
элеее that was for the benefit of the city and the 
t en, 
which the arboretum would be to the inhabitants as 
n Mex d health-giving resort, and expressed 
the h 
that the appeal for support to them would 
m with a hearty response. 
four, in vem the compliment, 
pointed out а the 
y connected with t ere 
Gov ernment орану, and tie — conducted there 
open to all the world, ladies ud 
m 
tain 
William "Ей, Deputy-Surveyor of Н. M, Woods, 
ер Durham. 
Secretary, Mr. Sadler, having read a report 
ы: са Council, fifty new members were balloted 
sie lected. 
t George Crichton, Treasurer, submitted his 
S which showed "ibat es income 
M ted sud 165., wee A emi e £283 25. 3d., 
of which £125 2s. 62, had at to the 
On the motion of Mr. Hutchison, a committee w ж 
inted to attend the British Association at G 
next year, vei a view to pressing for a grant towards 
the observations conducted by the Society as 
influence s T е бернн of trees on the rainfall of 
o 
PRIZE EssAvs.—Mr. Gilchrist, C Cans чей the 
report of the judges on the essays mpeti- 
tion for the prizes offe бей by the poesin The fol- 
lowing are t ard 
1 of Tim o" р HBR ена 
—tst, five b 
e 
ineas, given eid, nurseryman, 
Aberdeen—]. B. Smyth, forester, Daft H Banff. 
ing of Tim , consid 
— Silver medal, George H 
огой Phytlologically 
ome, assistant forester. 
Pruning of Timber- 
—Silver medal, Louis, у gom nme Par 
Abergele, North Wales. 
-Ages at which the various sorts of Timber-trees 
: RES Y . may be most ose ia Felled.— 
, D. F. Mackenzie, Meldru 
ы Firs sige ot ecdesia damaged by 
Beetles. аа medal, J. B , Du 
Present State and Future Prospects of Вазе d in 
Fifeshire.—Bronze medal, J. B. Smy 
са. State and F iurc Prospeets of cipi in 
Clare, Ireland.— Bronze medal, Scott, Broadfo: 
Chee ie 
Most Prof table Mode of Disposing of 
Home-grown 
Qu сл medal, 
D. F. Mackenzie, Meldrum 
Utilising and Protecting River Sides.—Silver medal, 
D. Scott, Broadford. 
Best Collection of Cones.—rst, silver medal, = x- 
| Strang, Rendlesham Най, Suffolk ; 2d, 
medal, H. Lamberton, Orwell Park, Ipswich ; "pe 
bronze medal, James Gow, Camperdown, 
It was P eres to appoint a representative, to be 
afterwards named, of the Society at the Philadelphian 
Tahibition next year. 
ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS. i Balfour was 
" ыт 
arae 
E ecretary. ° were 
nominated and elected, iiy 
ANNIVERSARY DINNER.— The anni din 
of the Society took сет пв ernoon in the 
. Albert Hotel. fessor pied the chair, 
supported by Dr. Cleghorn. Mr. Hutchison 
of Carlowrie, Mr. George Crichton, Mr. Lorraine, of 
the Riding Mill; Mr. David Sym r. Craig, 
John Sadler, d Mr. Dunn, Dalkeith Palace 
de The croupiers were Bailie Methven, who 
had on his right and left Mr. orrie, Rait Lodge, 
and e М Сог — Scone Palace; and А 
Thomson, Gran supported by Mr, France, 
Penicuik ; Mr, Cilehtist Cluny ; Mr. Stewart, Dal- 
housie Castle ; and Mr, Cocker, Aberdeen. 
r the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been 
given and responded to, 
The Chairman gave *f Success to бач Scottish 
Arboricultural | He referred 
Heri of the Society ; and men high in authority in the 
and 
year their meetings of gentlemen 
and ireland showed that their on doin 
ood work. felt satisfied with 
the метана nt of the Society, for both Treasurer and 
Secretary wem active, zealous men, anxious to pro- 
mote the interests of. iesus The toast was 
received with much enthusias 
M‘Co raucdate, Seon, q one of the oldest mem- 
of the Society, r 
see This practice would con 
о de fsi 
all would learn so k 
opportunity to do m 
riculture, He am retted the unavoidable absence of 
the Lord Provost, who took such a warm interest in 
the proposed arboretum, which he hoped soon to see 
— a not only for the benefit of the citizens, 
arboricultur ture, 
but o 
e Methven, in acknowledging the toast, said 
that in е галау hich had been so suddenly strangled 
the other M = Town Council, there was a 
city losing such a valuable à recreation ground. 
Mr. nte кыа, in proposing the health of the 
Chairm Balfour, said that the rapid strides 
which the DE. had made of late ува. were very 
much due to the influence and interest in its well- 
being displayed by the late and pre 
The Chairman, in the course of a brief reply, ad- 
d to the important qoos which would be 
e extension of = tanic Garden and 
the. institution of an arboretum 
sent Presidet 
Thursday, Nov. 4.—The ing to-day was re- 
| sumed in the class-room of the Royal Botanic Garden. 
President of the Association, Š 
pied the chair. 
After some routine — a committee was 
iet on the motio Mr. Dunn, Dalkeith, to 
ise the laws of the So обн, and bring up а a draft 
ide of regulations at the next meeting. 
FAILURE OF THE LaARCH.—Mr. Gorri 
hae’ Lodge, read a paper on "The. Failure of ue 
Larch.” This р азад Pe cete economi- 
cally or scientifically, was, e most import- 
= which forced itself on the attention te of forest 
wners and foresters, for e Larch had 
voel vast say каны of 
Britain. The principal causes et the pe failure he 
eres 
ace-rot, cancer, canker. 
t г) the L тако bug ог 
rst was caused by excessive droughts, 
i zoid attacks on the 
roots, and the sd was to avoid planting Larch 
in 
vere likely to favour these causes. 
м setti and top-rot were 
ing frosts occurring after 
due to the effects of late "im 
sap flow and growth w progress, 
setting in before the growth of the 
Th vention here was 
ex es that excited a too earl 
; ow 
subject to cold ground fogs or hoar frosts. The bug bug 
which yea the — те, t appear to be a 
native of t untry, b age import Pu with 
the tree. Tes was found most yo. in low hollow 
No perfect mee ap the ravages of the bug had 
been discovered, e Society should pein prizes 
or the bet “steep p? that would destroy the insects or 
their eggs. 
Mr. M‘Corquodale, Scone, said some supposed dry- 
uced in damp soils, but he 
rot was prod р never saw that 
himself. on such a soil might not thrive so 
well, but th [ i poit on 
moor soil, with sandy subsoil, that dry-rot most 
frequently appeared. The aphis or bug a 
drying up at the points of the ' 
followed canker and ulcerated sores, if the 
insect i 
tree ultimately died. He found Spruce affected from 
soil in the same way as Larch; but Scotch Fir and 
other Coniferze throve well enough in that soil, 
Bailie Methven d: he had had large Mero of 
Larch, and he found a great flight of the 
was a close congener of the Larch, never grew well on 
level i sanae: and this experience so far confirmed Mr, 
orri 
A nate of thanks was accorded to Mr. Gorrie for his 
valuable paper 
R ITY OF GROWTH IN CONI er. 
M 'Corquodale. said he had measured eons two 
specimens of Abies Douglasii, whic 41 years 
1 
Douglasii suited a dry soil remarkably well. 
DIFFERENT MODES OF PRUNING.—Mr. M ‘Cor. 
quodale opened a disc 
pruning. Referring firs 
was a demand for long straight heavy planks of Oak 
for railwa 
to pr 
bole of the pus as pos Mile, 
received the 
ing trees өйы cmn even supposing they were 40 
feet high. Pruners went up into the trees with the 
saw, checked all the ite straggling limbs, and 
есе E When balanced 
d from ety bolé below. 
Thus treated, газу grew rapidly, and produced most of 
He illustrat 
the bole, an 
feet of timber. 
win 
indeed, impossible that trees cou 
се amount o ber if the strength of the tree 
was allowed to go into the limbs as a grea 
to overprune trees and deprive them of 1 
and foliage which were necessary for their 
development. 
Mr, Scott, Darnaway Castle, said that in Moray- 
shire he only got half the money for unpruned that he 
got for pases trees. In his nei ighbou rhood the 
de rO that 
to make the trees grow croo ooke "E and he sese from 
. to 3s. per cubic foot t x timber, 
hat Oak and other 
ught to be аы when young, and 
л erience, however, 
pruning 
would produce 
without i aedes 
The C said that rhe rhe a Fphysiologion point 
of vie realy and continual ene Я was the proper 
og Лы to те the пиар amount of timber. 
Park, n that he had pruned 
winter. Чо the 
branches of Leer Oaks caused the death of the 
а up to the 
GIRDLING TREES, — 
heck on contract 
advantages were that it produced **h 
айлы the timber lost its essential oils i ein of its 
asticity. 
Mr. uon said that he had seen и South of 
ngland O stripped ^y their barks m 
being iege and the people said that this y the 
жоо re o last longer, xcd meine 
wor 
Mr. France said that he knew of several p 
felled which had the effect of prev 
twisting when cut up, 7 
С As, i ving referred to the henanoht 
to a close by the usual vote of thanks, — 
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