ADDRESS BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT, AUGUST 7, 1888. 197 



It is right that I should allude here to an important 

 event which takes place to-day at our Annual Dinner ; I mean 

 the presentation of a Testimonial to our highly-esteemed friend, 

 Dr Cleghorn of Stravithie, from his numerous friends at home 

 and abroad, in recognition of his eminent services to Science and 

 Art, and especially to Forestry. In accordance with Dr Cleg- 

 horn's well-known generosity and anxiety to benefit others, he has 

 resolved to devote a sum equal to the value of the Testimonial, 

 over £200, to forming a Library of Forest Literature for the free 

 use of Forest students and others. Through the active and kindly 

 interest of the Director of the Museum, General Sir R. Murdoch 

 Smith, it has been arranged that the Library is to be located in 

 the Museum of Science and Art in Edinburgh, where excellent 

 facilities exist for its accommodation. When placed there, it 

 will be easily accessible to students, foresters, and all who are 

 interested in the subject. The Library will be known to all 

 future generations as " The Cleghorn Forest Library," in grateful 

 remembrance of the esteemed donor. To us, as a Society, this is 

 the most important announcement, in connection with Forest 

 Literature, which has ever been made at our Meetings. The 

 Library will prove an immense boon to future generations of 

 young foresters, by placing within their reach, free of all cost, a 

 most valuable collection of standard woi'ks on Forestry and its 

 cognate subjects. I ti'ust that all will endeavour to reap the 

 fullest benefit from this generous and well-timed gift, for which 

 foresters of all grades must feel deeply grateful. 



So much, gentlemen, for the past and present ; and, in conclu- 

 sion, I sincerely hope that every member of this Society will 

 make it a point to do his best to increase its future px'osperity 

 and usefulness. 



