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tea-room. On the prettily diversified lawn in front of the Cottage 
is a famous beech tree, which has an exceedingly interesting his- 
tory. It was raised from an old tree, called “Luther's Beech,” 
which grew near Altenstein in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, under 
which Martin Luther was arrested in 1521. The little offshoot was 
brought to England from Meiningen, in 1825, by King William IV. 
when Duke of Clarence, and was planted by Queen Adelaide in 
the grounds at their residence in Bushy Park, near Hampton 
Court, in Middlesex. Her Majesty bequeathed it in her will to 
H.R.H. Prince Albert, with the request that it might be trans- 
planted to the enclosure at Adelaide Cottage. This operation was 
successfully conducted in 1850, and the tree has grown and flourished 
ever since. It is now about 75 feet in height, with a stem girthing 
9 feet 2 inches at 5 feet up; and its free graceful habit and pleasing 
outlines are well shown in the illustration on the previous page. 
What makes the tree doubly valuable now is the fact that the 
original beech at Meiningen was destroyed by lightning in 1841. 
This ‘‘Luther’s Beech” constitutes therefore a most interesting 
link between the present time and the days of the great German 
reformer. In the neighbourhood of the Cottage is seen another 
locust tree, with tufts of Mistletoe growing upon its branches. 
It may be of interest to state here that the Mistletoe is growing 
on the following trees, on the Slopes at Windsor Castle :—the 
Apple, Hawthorn, Hickory (Carya alba), Lime, Locust (Hobinia 
Pseudo-Acacia), Maple, Mountain Ash, and American Walnut 
(Juglans nigra). 
THE Royat KENNELS. 
A little beyond Adelaide Cottage stand the Royal Kennels, 
where the Queen’s fancy dogs are kept. Nearly every breed, 
British and foreign, is represented, and many of the pets are of 
much beauty. Special attention was directed to a couple of pure 
white collies, bred by Mr Charles, Warwickshire. The Skye, 
Trish, fox, and pug terriers, were also much admired. The arrange- 
ment and general tidiness of the kennels, and the fine exercising 
court for the dogs, greatly pleased the members of the com- 
pany who had a taste for good fancy dogs, and an eye to their 
proper treatment. 
Tue Home Park. 
Passing round by a pretty group of cottages, the party crossed 
a portion of the Home Park, which was magnificently timbered. 
