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through the greenest of shrubberies, and numerous interesting 
and picturesque trees; while here and there are to be met with 
several examples of interesting ornamental buildings. One of 
these, a fine Indian kiosk from the Kaiserbagh at Lucknow, 
was sent home to Her Majesty, in 1858, by Earl Canning. 
A number of the finest trees were the subjects of special inspec- 
tion. On the right of the path leading to the Mausoleum are two 
thriving Wellingtonias which have an interesting history. One of 
these trees was originally planted by the Prince Consort, on the 
5th June 1861, in the grounds at South Kensington, upon the 
occasion of the opening of the Royal Horticultural Society’s 
Gardens, and was afterwards brought from London and planted 
by Her Majesty in its present site on December 17, 1869. At 
the same time a similar tree, first planted by the Queen in the 
same gardens on the 24th June 1861, was removed to the 
Mausoleum grounds and replanted by Her Majesty, but it 
unfortunately did not survive the transference, and on the 16th 
December following a fresh Wellingtonia took its place. 
Among other trees specially noted in the Frogmore grounds 
were a deciduous Cypress, Zaxodium distichum, with a grand 
bole of 8 feet in girth; an Abies Pattoniana, planted by the 
Queen of Denmark in December 1875; and an A. Jasiocarpa, 
planted on the same date by the Princess Thyra of Denmark. 
A grand Cedar of Lebanon, standing near the door of the 
Mausoleum, has a splendid clean bole of 35 feet to the first 
branch, and at 5 feet up girths 10 feet 3 inches. A Maiden- 
hair tree, Salisburia adiantifolia, had the respectable girth of 
8 feet 9 inches, and was considered by many to be probably the 
finest example of this species growing in the country. There 
was also a fine Libocedrus decurrens, 55 feet in height and 8 feet 
5 inches in girth, perfectly conical in its growth, and tapering 
straight from 30 feet in circumference at the base of the 
branches to a sharp point at the apex. It was planted by the 
Prince of Hohenlohe in 1857. The party inspected with reverent 
interest both mausoleums in this hallowed spot of English 
ground, and were much touched with the piety and affection of the 
Latin legend over the doorway of that of Prince Albert, which 
reads :—‘‘ His mourning widow, Victoria, the Queen, directed all 
that is mortal of Prince Albert to be placed in this sepulchre, 
A.D. 1862. Farewell, well-beloved! Here at last I will rest with 
thee; with thee, in Christ, 1 will rise again.” 
