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THE QueEN’s Breakrast-Room CorTrace. 
Proceeding onwards, we emerge from Frogmore grounds into 
the open park near to a delightful cottage with a high-pitched 
red-tiled roof, and having its walls beautifully clothed with 
climbing plants and flowers. This was pointed out to us as the 
favourite breakfast-room of the Queen. When residing at 
Windsor, Her Majesty nearly every morning walks from the 
Castle to this charming spot to breakfast. Hard by the Cottage 
were two remarkably fine specimens of the evergreen oak, Quercus 
Zlex. The one on the right of the illustration, on the opposite page, 
was measured, and found to girth 16 feet 2 inches at 5 feet up. 
THe AVIARY. 
A little farther on a short visit was paid to the Royal Aviary. 
It is a simple Gothic-like structure, in which are kept all manner 
of domestic fowls, and many other useful and beautiful winged 
creatures; and ample provision has been made for their care 
and comfort in a state of captivity. 
THE DaIRY. 
The inspection of the Royal Dairy, which was the next item in 
the day’s programme, was a matter of great interest, particularly 
to those of the party directly connected with farming and the pro- 
duction of milk and butter of the finest quality. A more elegant 
dairy, in the Renaissance style, or one better adapted for all the 
purposes for which dairies are designed, does not, it is safe to say, 
exist. It is a model worthy in itself of going many miles to see. 
Built under the direction of the late Prince Consort, the dairy was 
erected in the twenty-first year of Her Majesty’s reign. The milk- 
room, which is 36 feet long by 20 feet in breadth, has a most 
pleasing aspect, with its open timber roof, and its walls beautifully 
lined with glazed ornamental tiles of tasteful designs. The 
frieze consists of Majolica bas-reliefs illustrative of agriculture, 
and at intervals are introduced medallions of the Royal Family. 
There are ornamental Majolica fountains at each end of the 
room, and on the south side, worked in white marble, stands a 
nymph pouring water from a jar into a marble basin. The tables, 
