370 Anniversary Address 



Boyd, we saw a specimen of Pinus nobilis, only 10 feet 

 high, with three large full-grown cones. 



Few events of note have occurred during my year of 

 office. We have to be thankful for uniformly, unusually 

 fine days. In retiring, I have to thank you all for your 

 kindness to me as your President. At the first meeting of 

 the year I was unavoidably absent, being at the time at 

 Hastings. Without the aid of your excellent secretaries it 

 would have been impossible for me to have given you 

 a sketch of our proceedings. It is my painful duty to 

 record the deaths of some of our members, viz. : — 



(1.) Sir William Jardine, Bart., of Applegirth, who was 

 elected Sept. 19, 1832, and died, aged 74, at Sandowne, Isle 

 of Wight, Nov. 21, 1874. 



(2.) William Dickson, Esq., F.S.A., of Alnwick, who was 

 elected October 15, 1851, and died May 14, 1875, aged 76. — 

 Both of these have officiated as Presidents. 



(3.) Rev. James Middleton, M.A., Lauder, elected Sept. 

 30, 1869, and died 26 Dec, 1874, aged 40. 



(4.) Rev. John R. Scott, Amble, elected Sept. 26, 1871. 

 (5.) Miss Elizabeth Hunter, one of the honorary mem- 

 bers, the discoverer of Agaricus caperatus of Flora Danica, 

 t., 1675, in Britain ; who communicated to Dr. Johnston 

 several other rare plants recorded in his " Flora," or in the 

 Club's " Proceedings." 



Before I retire from the honorable position in which you 

 have placed me, allow me to make a few remarks which I 

 think if carried into effect, might be of benefit to the 

 Society which has now existed for 44 years. 



It has been suggested that a regular record should be 

 kept of the famous trees and the large trees within the 

 boundaries of the Glub. In the Tyneside Naturalists' Club for 

 Northumberland and Durham, there are 107 Subscribers to 

 an illustrated Catalogue of remarkable trees, the subscription 

 is 5s., and each subscriber received for last year, 4 photo- 

 graphs of trees, and 2 extra trees presented gratis by Mr. 



