First International Forestry Exhibition

It was opened by the Marquess of Lothian[3] and held in the grounds of Donaldson's College, Edinburgh, Scotland.

[4] In the mid 19th century Britain faced reduced timber supplies from the Indian sub-continent[2] (then British India) and had turned, under guidance from Cleghorn towards increased professionalism in forestry at home, and in India.

Countries and colonies were being invited to produce papers and exhibit products for judgment by British and Indian officials.

[3] Exhibits included trugs,[7] maps and publications from participating countries,[3] a fallen fir with heath growing on it and a fountain.

Plants exhibited included boxwood and variants, and the southern African white pear, Apodytes dimidiata (which was mislabelled as Pterocelastrus rostratus[8]) The, then, Prince and Princess of Wales visited on 22 [4] or 2[6] August where they inspected exhibits from colonies and dependencies noting fine wood from Andaman and Nicobar.