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she had a small branch lopped off from the trunk. Another 
account says that she got the last acorn borne by this ancient and 
historic oak. 
THE VINEYARD. 
The Lime-tree Avenue referred to by Lord Salisbury is of con- 
siderable antiquity. It leads from Queen Elizabeth’s oak in 
one direction to the mansion-house and in the other to a most 
delightful part of the policies called ‘‘The Vineyard,” which we 
next inspect. Here there is seen a curious series of old yew-tree 
avenues, as shown in the illustration, radiating down the slope 
RADIATING AVENUES OF TRAINED YEWS. 
to the river Lee, which waters the domain. One of the yews 
measured was 12 feet 9 inches in girth at 2 feet up. There 
is a summer-house on the crest of the slope, and from it down 
through the yew avenues most lovely peeps are obtained of the 
river, here broadening into lake-like dimensions set in a most 
beautiful landscape, which commanded great admiration. We 
were punted across the Lee to the old garden on the north side, 
formerly the Vineyard—a quaint, old-fashioned, secluded place, 
which was once the orchard and kitchen garden of the establish- 
ment, but it has been superseded for some time by a new garden 
