PRESENTATION 



TO 



HUGH CLEGHOP.N of Stravithie, 

 M.D., LL.D., F.E.S.E. 



On Tuesday, 7th August 1S88, the annual dinner of the Eoyal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society was lield in the Waterloo Hotel, 

 Edinburgh, when the occasion was taken advantage of to present 

 Dr Cleghorn of Stravithie with his Portrait, subscribed for by 

 his numerous friends, at home and abroad, as a mark of their 

 esteem for his personal qualities, and appreciation of his services 

 to science and arboriculture in India and this country. The chair 

 was occupied by Professor Bayley Balfour, and Mr M. Dunn, Dal- 

 keith, officiated as croupier. Among others present were the guest 

 of the evening, Dr Cleghorn of Stravithie; Sir William Muir, 

 K. C.S.I. , Principal of Edinburgh University; General Maclagan, 

 R.E., Professor Sir Douglas Maclagan, Colonel Dods, Dr Lutidie, 

 Messrs J. E. Dovey, C. A., Edinburgh ; James Watt, J.P., Carlisle ; 

 William Erskine, Edinburgh; James Kay, Rothesay; James 

 Robertson, Panmure; John M'Laren, Winchburgh ; John M'Laren, 

 junior, Perth ; A. Milne, Edinburgh ; A. A. Green, Edinburgh ; 

 R. Baxter, Dalkeith ; and W. J. Moffat, Secretary, Edinburgh. 



The Secretary intimated letters of apology from a wide circle of 

 friends who were unable to be present, in which they expressed the 

 greatest interest in the object of the Presentation, and conveyed 

 their warmest wishes that Dr Cleghorn might be long spared in 

 health and happiness. 



The Chairman gave the loyal and patriotic toasts in appropriate 

 terms, which were warmly responded to. General Maclagan, for- 

 merly of the Indian Service, rei>lied for the Army, and spoke of 

 the friendship which he entertained for Dr Cleghorn, with whom, 

 in his work in Northern India, he had been intimately associated 

 for some years. 



Sir William Mum, in proposing the health of Dr Cleghorn 

 and asking him to accept the Portrait, said, — I have received a 



