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p. 11.) Robert James, eighth Lord Petre, died in 174.2, at the 

 age of 29 years. liinnaeus has named a genus of phmts Petrer/, 

 in commemoration of this nobleman. 



Goodwood, near the coast of Sussex, enjoys a mild climate; 

 but the soil, which is thin and on chalk, is not favourable to the 

 growth of trees. The park contains a great number of cedars ; 

 but there are not many other foreign trees, except ilices, cork 

 trees, acacias, some acers, and oaks. The magnolias mentioned 

 by Collinson, in his notes of 1764', no longer exist; in Col- 

 linson's notes of 1768, he states that all the moveable articles 

 were sold at the duke's death. Miller mentions that a great many 

 trees of the true service were planted at Goodwood ; but in 

 1828, and again in 1831, we sought in vain in the woods for a 

 single specimen. 



Samuel Reynardson, Esq., resided at an ancient house, called 

 the Cedar House, from the celebrated cedar which grew in 

 the garden. This cedar was planted by Reynardson, who re- 

 sided at Hillingdon from 1678, till his death in 1721. This 

 tree was probably one of the first that were planted in England. 

 Lightfoot measured it in 1779; it was then 53ft. high; the 

 diameter of the space covered by the branches measured from 

 east to west 96 ft., and from north to south 89 ft. The girt, 

 close to the ground, was 13 ft. 6 in. ; at 7 ft., 12 ft. 6 in., and at 

 12 ft., 14 ft. 8 in. It was cut down in 1789, in consequence of 

 one of the branches being broken off by a high wind. It pro- 

 duced 460 ft. of timber, 6 J loads of stack wood, and 125 faggots. 

 It was sold to a carpenter for 10/., and he retailed it for 22/. 17^. 

 {Lijsons). Reynardson made a curious wjll, leaving all his 

 property to the vicar of Hillingdon for ever, to build a room 

 to hold his library and museum. He ordered all his plants 

 to be sold for this purpose. The present vicar of Hillingdon 

 is Dr. Hodgson, the very reverend the Dean of Carlisle, to 

 whom we have written twice, to learn in what state this library 

 and museum now are, but without receiving any answer. 



Cashiobury, near Watford in Hertfordshire, the seat of 

 Arthur Capel Earl of Essex (the Earl of Essex who patronised 

 Gerard, and had a seat at Barn Elms, was the celebrated and 

 unfortunate Robert Devereux), was noted for its trees in the 

 time of Evelyn; Cooke, His Lordship's gardener, was the 

 author of a work on forest trees, published in 1676, and after- 

 wards a partner in the Brompton Nursery. Evelyn, in his Diary^ 

 mentions Cooke as being a skilful artist in the mechanical part 

 of gardening, not ignorant in mathematics, and having some pre- 

 tensions to astrology. At Cashiobury there is now (1835) one 

 of the finest specimens of Quercus tinctoria in the country. 

 There are also many fine magnolias, Pinus Ccmhra, tulip trees, 

 cypresses, cedars, and other species. 



