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teaching in the Hospital ; he maintained also his private practice, 

 and was keenly interested in the active literary world of his day 

 in which his nephew (Sir) Walter Scott was a brilliant star. 

 The Botanic Garden continued to hold its place as a scientific 

 institution, and from the advent of William McNab as Principal 

 Gardener in 18 10, developed into one of the best known in the 

 world. The recording of the plants of Scotland also proceeded 

 apace; two of the Principal Gardeners of the Edinburgh Garden 

 during Rutherford's Keepership John Mackay from 1800- 

 1802, and George Don from 1 802-1 806 being foremost in 

 making known its floristic features, and their work Rutherford 

 must have encouraged. From MS. notes of his lectures, I 

 gather that the biological did not attract Rutherford, nor does 

 it appear in the scanty records available that any special 

 development of teaching equipment or of method took place 

 during his tenure of office. 



For some years before his death in 18 19 Rutherford had 

 been infirm ; and speculation as to his successor had been rife. 

 Robert Brown and Sir James Edward Smith were both spoken 

 of When the vacancy came Robert Brown refused it and 

 Robert Graham, then Professor in the University of Glasgow, 

 was appointed. 



Robert Graham was born at Stirling 3rd December, 1786, 

 the third son of Dr Robert Graham of Stirling (afterwards Moir 

 of Leckie). After early education at Stirling, Graham was 

 apprenticed in 1804 to Mr Andrew Wood, Surgeon in Edin- 

 burgh, and entered on the study of Medicine at the University, 

 graduating M.D. in 1808. Thereafter he studied at St Bar- 

 tholomew's Hospital in London for a year before settling in 

 Glasgow, where he was also Lecturer in Clinical Medicine. 

 During this period he published a dissertation " On continued 

 Fever." 



Botany in the University of Glasgow at this time had not 

 reached the dignity of having a Professorship. It was attached 

 to the Chair of Anatomy, but a separate lecturer undertook its 

 teaching. To this lectureship Graham was appointed in suc- 

 cession to Dr Brown. This appointment was the prelude to his 

 election as Professor in 1818 when the Chair of Botany was 



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