216 QUEEN-TREES IN WINDSOR FOREST. 



Beneath the branching oaks 

 One peeping cot sends up, from out the trees, 

 Its early wreath of slow-ascending smoke. 



BOWLES. 



IT may not be generally known, that some of the 

 Queens of England have been in the habit of 

 choosing a fine and thriving oak or beech tree 

 in Windsor Forest, to which they have given 

 their name ; which, with the date of the month 

 and year of the selection, is engraved on a brass 

 plate, and screwed securely on the tree. Thus, 

 in one of the most beautiful and retired parts of 

 the forest, Queen Anne's oak may be seen, the 

 oak of the amiable wife of George II. ; Queen 

 Caroline ; the oak of Queen Charlotte ; the oak of 

 the excellent Queen Adelaide ; as well as that of 

 her present Majesty : they all have seats around 

 them. The green drives of many miles, along 

 which these trees may be approached, are not 

 only kept in the most perfect order, but at every 

 step we go, either some opening view of the castle, 

 or the surrounding country, presents itself to our 

 notice, or else some picturesque or noble tree at- 

 tracts attention. Here and there are charming 

 glades, down which a gentle stream of water makes 



