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gardens, and orchards lying between the Castle and Frogmore, 
about a mile away, where the extensive kitchen and fruit 
gardens are situated. The North Terrace, along which the party 
first proceeded, stretches from the Winchester Tower on the west 
to the Brunswick Tower on the east, a distance of about 620 yards, 
with an average breadth of about 10 yards, and the views from it 
on a fine day are only less wide and varied than those from the 
top of the Round Tower. Passing beyond the Brunswick Tower, 
the party were on the East Terrace, about 150 yards in length, 
running in front of the Queen’s private apartments, and over- 
looking the beautifully designed flower-garden, laid out in a sunk 
area several acres in extent, and terraced all round. The various 
parterres were greatly admired by the members, being arranged 
with admirable skill and taste, and the brilliancy of the flower- 
beds toned down with charming effect by a free use of handsome 
and compact specimens of ornamental conifers, hollies, and other 
evergreens of the choicest kinds. The fine statuary placed at 
appropriate points, and the splendid fountain playing in the 
centre, with its spray sparkling in the sun, completed as fair a 
scene as eye could wish to look upon, and in perfect harmony 
with the Royal residence. A number of trees of some interest 
were seen in the immediate vicinity of the flower-garden—such 
as a Cedar of Lebanon, planted by the Prince Consort; a fine 
example of the Chinese Kolreuteria paniculata, about one hundred 
years old, and flowering freely; a giant Tulip-tree, said to be 
one of the largest in the country; a tall Locust-tree, Robinia 
Pseudo-Acacia, on which grows an immense bunch of mistletoe ; 
and a grand Paulownia imperialis, laden with its beautiful 
panicles of flowers. Under the North Terrace of the garden is the 
Orangery, and at the east end of it is the Queen’s Photographic 
Studio, a glass-fronted building, close by which is a rare yellow- 
berried thorn, Crategus tanacetifolia, from the Levant, that 
attracted considerable attention. 
Descending a staircase from the Terraces, the party proceeded 
along a shady gravelled walk on the eastern Slopes. Beeches, 
Oriental planes, and sycamores rose high over it, and afforded 
a grateful shade from the broiling rays of a tropical sun. It was 
stated that here upon wet days Her Majesty walks, or drives in 
her little donkey carriage, and a sweeter spot for such a purpose 
than these tree-shaded “ Slopes” at Windsor could not be desired. 
After passing through a short tunnel lined with flints, the party 
