Excerpt from Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, Vol. 35 The work of the Society in the past has been carried on mainly along educational lines, by holding meetings for dis eussions, lectures, etc.; by publishing Transactions, which contain all the most recent and most important information relating to Forestry; by interviewing Ministers and pressing the claims of Forestry on successive Governments, by making silvicultural Excursions at home and abroad; by organising Exhibitions of Forestry throughout the country; by granting medals and prizes for Essays, and by affording to Members, through its Honorary Scientists, gratuitous advice on subjects relating to Forestry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.