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5, 6, 7, and 8 of the upper doors ; and the lower one, 18, the ground 
plan, as on 15 on the other end, and engraved on page 38 ante. 
It will have been gathered from the foregoing, that the “Green 
Dale Cabinet,” of which I have had the pleasure of preparing and 
illustrating this notice, is a piece of historic furniture of no little 
value, and no trifling interest, and, with care, it will last long after 
the tree from which it was made has ceased to exist. 
It may be interesting to note that, besides the series of etchings 
by George Vertue, done in 1727, other notable engravings of the 
tree have also been made. Among these are “4 North-West 
View of the Green Dale Oak near Welbeck,” drawn by S. H. 
Grimm, in 1775; engraved by A. Rooker ; and “ Published 
Jan. 21st, 1776, by A. Hunter, M.D., as the Act directs,” to 
illustrate his quarto edition of Evelyn’s “Sylva.” This isa remark- 
ably good and effective line engraving, in which a gentleman on 
horseback is represented as riding from the spectator through the 
archway in the trunk of the tree. Another quarto engraving for 
the same work, represents a north-east view of the same tree ; and 
others give outlines and full dimensions at various points, referred 
to by letters. Another engraving, ‘“‘ Drawn by H. Rooke,” 
“ Engraved by W. Ellis,” and ‘ Piblished Dec. 31st, 1790,” with 
the name of ‘ Zhe Green-Dale Oak,” formed plate 5 of Hayman 
Rooke’s ‘ Descriptions and Sketches of some Remarkable Oaks 
in the Park at Welbeck, in the County of Nottingham, a Seat of 
His Grace the Duke of Portland. To which are added, Observa- 
tions on the durability of the Tree, with Remarks on the Annual 
growth of the Acorn. London, 1790.” In this plate, which is, 
like the rest of the series, poor and tame, a gentleman in a 
cocked hat is represented standing beneath the archway in the 
trunk of the tree with his walking-stick raised to touch the top of 
the opening. His accompanying description it is needless to 
quote. Several wood-cut representations of the tree have also at 
one time or other been given in various publicatious, and it is 
pleasant to add that in recent years, during the lifetime of the late 
Duke—to whose unbounded genius, engineering skill and con- 
structive ability, as well as pure kindliness of disposition, I desire 
