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p- 11.) Robert James, eighth Lord Petre, died in 1742, at the 
age of 29 years. Linnzus has named a genus of plants Pétrea, 
in commemoration of this nobleman. 
Goodwood, near the coast of Sussex, enjoys a mild climate; 
but the soil, which is thin and on chalk, is not favourable to the 
growth of trees. ‘The park contains a great number of cedars ; 
but there are not many other foreign trees, except ilices, cork 
trees, acacias, some acers, and oaks. The magnolias mentioned 
by Collinson, in his notes of 1764, no longer exist; in Col~ 
linson’s notes of 1768, he states that all the moveable articles 
were sold at the duke’s death. Miller mentions that a great many 
trees of the true service were planted at Goodwood; but in 
1828, and again in 1831, we sought in vain in the woods for a 
single specimen. 
Samuel Reynardson, Esq., resided at an ancient house, called 
the Cedar House, from the celebrated cedar which grew in 
the garden. This cedar was planted by Reynardson, who re- 
sided at Hillingdon from 1678, till his death in 1721. This 
tree was probably one of the first that were planted in England. 
Lightfoot measured it in 1779; it was then 53 ft. high; the 
diameter of the space covered by the branches measured from 
east to west 96 ft., and from north to south 89 ft. The girt, 
clese to the ground, was 13 ft. 6 in.; at 7 ft., 12 ft. 6 in., and at 
12 ft., 14 ft. 8 in. It was cut down in 1789, in consequence of 
one of the branches being broken off by a high wind. It pro- 
duced 460 ft. of timber, 6$ loads of stack wood, and 125 faggots. 
It was sold to a carpenter for 10/., and he retailed it for 22/. 17s. 
(Lysons). Reynardson made a curious will, leaving all his 
property to the vicar of Hillingdon for ever, to build a room 
to hold his library and museum. He ordered all his plants 
to be sold for this purpose. The present vicar of Hillingdon 
is Dr. Hodgson, the very reverend the Dean of Carlisle, to 
whom we have written twice, to learn in what state this library 
and museum now are, but without receiving any answer. 
Cashiobury, near Watford in Hertfordshire, the seat of 
Arthur Capel Earl of Essex (the Earl of Essex who patronised 
Gerard, and had a seat at Barn Elms, was the celebrated and 
unfortunate Robert Devereux), was noted for its trees in the 
time of Evelyn; Cooke, His Lordship’s gardener, was. the 
author of a work on forest trees, published in 1676, and after- 
wards a partner in the Brompton Nursery. Evelyn, in his Diary, 
mentions Cooke as being a skilful artist in the mechanical part 
of gardening, not ignorant in mathematics, and having some pre- 
tensions to astrology. At Cashiobury there is now (1835) one 
of the finest specimens of Quércus tinctdria in the country. 
There are also many fine magnolias, Pinus Cémbra, tulip trees, 
cypresses, cedars, and other species. 
