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morning told well against the foliage of the older beeches 
which fill up the valley. In a marquee erected on the lawn 
the company were hospitably entertained to an elegant déjeuner. 
The table was resplendent with flowers, and on it were also the 
fruits of the season. To the breakfast, it is needless to say, the 
party, after their long railway journey, did every justice. The 
doctor himself presided, and by his great kindness and cordiality 
made every one feel perfectly at home. 
Mr Joun METHVEN, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, 
gave expression to the sentiments of the company in a few 
well-chosen sentences. We cannot, he said, rise from the table 
without thanking Dr Cleghorn for his magnificent hospitality, 
of which we have been the recipients this morning. We hold 
Dr Cleghorn in the highest admiration. He is the “Grand Old 
Forester.” To-day he has laid one more obligation upon us all, 
in addition to the many good offices he has performed for the 
Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. We know by repute 
what Dr Cleghorn did for forestry in India; our own eyes 
have seen what he has done for forestry in Seotland; and 
we love and revere the man for his own sake, and honour and 
admire him for his works. Let us thank him most heartily. 
(As a souvenir of the visit, Mr Methven then handed to Dr 
Cleghorn an oak walking-stick, which combined with it an 
ingenious steel band-saw arrangement. The presentation was 
of an impromptu kind, the patent saw-stick having only been 
brought to the notice of the Society on the previous evening 
by the Hon. Waldegrave-Leslie. It was on account of its 
novel ingenuity, and not on account of its intrinsic value, 
that a suggestion was promptly acceded to, that a specimen 
should be presented to Dr Cleghorn.) 
Dr CLEGHORN, in rising to reply, was received with loud 
applause. At the outset he intimated letters of apology from 
Professor Bayley Balfour, President of the Society ; Professor 
M‘Intosh, St Andrews; Colonel Bailey, Lecturer on Forestry 
in Edinburgh University ; and his nephew, Major Sprot of 
the Carabineers—all of whom regretted their inability to be 
present. It is six years, the doctor continued, since this visit 
of the Arboricultural Society was talked of. At my time 
of life that is a long period, and I was beginning to think I 
was not to see the Society at Stravithie ; but now that you are 
here, I rejoice greatly. I am only sorry you cannot remain 
longer with me, for I understand you have to leave by train 
almost immediately. But I thank you very much for coming 
here. I consider it very kind of you to pay me this visit, 
and once more I bid you all a cordial welcome. I thank Mr 
Methven for his too kind words, and for the way you have 
