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and lie was advised to make it secure by this handsome donation. 
He agreed ; and the necessary document was there and then drafted, 
at that time anonymously. In the formation of a Botanic Garden 
in the University he took a deep interest, and spoke at the opening 
ceremony in the Garden in the summer of 1888, especially dwelling 
on the practical skill which the young lecturer (Dr Wilson) had 
shown in arranging the natural orders of plants. 
Dr Cleghorn’s distinguished career in India, his unselfish devotion 
to the good of the community, and his active efforts to advance 
science — especially in the two Universities with which he was more 
immediately connected — did not pass unnoticed. In 1885 the 
University of St Andrews bestowed on him the honorary degree of 
Doctor of Laws. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the Botanical 
Society, a distinction limited to six British subjects; and he was 
elected also an Honorary Member of the Scottish Arboricultural 
Society, and a Vice-President of the Literary and Philosophical 
Society of St Andrews, — his last appearance having been made 
before the latter body, viz., in reading a paper by Mr Coldstream 
on Fruit-growing in India, a subject he had long advocated. He 
was also elected Assessor to the University Court of the University 
of St Andrews by the General Council, and he held this office with 
great acceptance till failing health necessitated his retirement — to the 
regret of his friends in the University. Finally, at a meeting of the 
Scottish Arboricultural Society in 1888, he was presented with his 
portrait, subscribed for by all classes, from peers to foresters and 
horticulturists, and a sum of <£200, which latter he suggested 
should go to form a forest-library. On this occasion a graceful 
tribute was paid by Principal Sir William Muir to Dr Cleghorn’s 
services to science, and to arboriculture in India and in this country ; 
and he concluded by announcing that the “ Hugh Cleghorn 
Forest-Library” would be placed in the Museum of Science and 
Art, Edinburgh. Nothing, in short, could have been more agreeable 
to the recipient, or more honourable to the large number of distin- 
guished men who had subscribed, and some of whom were present. 
The career of Dr Cleghorn was singularly varied, but throughout 
there runs the thread of a true devotion to science, especially to 
botany and forestry. His services to the State in India and at 
home, in the cause of the latter, have been noteworthy, and will 
