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which lies the body of the late Ducliess of Kent, mother of the 

 queen, is also close at hand. 



The drive through Windsor Park, is full of interest. Both 

 the old plantations and very many of the individual trees are 

 full of historical associations. Some of them date as far back 

 as the reign of Henry the Eighth, some of them are connected 

 with Queen Elizabeth and many subsequent sovereigns. 

 Drains four feet deep and from twenty to thirty feet apart, 

 extend over a considerable portion of the park. The ferns and 

 rushes which till within a few years deformed this park, are 

 now mown several times a year, and they soon die out under 

 that treatment. Then the growth of the true grasses is 

 encouraged by manuring, and when a plot is drained, a part of 

 the soil is thrown out upon the grass, which also receives a 

 liberal manuring of farm-yard compost and bone dust, the first 

 year, when the grass is cut, and the next year or two fed short 

 by Scotch cattle, which also receive four pounds of oil-cake a 

 day each. 



In going, down what is. called the Long Walk, from the 

 castle, we passed between magnificent rows of elms planted in 

 1680, in the reign of Cliarles the Second. The avenue con- 

 sists of double rows on either side of the carriage-way, the trees 

 thirty feet apart, and the double rows one hundred feet apart. 

 This avenue extends from the gate of the castle, in a line 

 straight as an arrow, for two miles and a quarter, to Snow 

 Hill, on the brow of which and directly fronting the castle, 

 stands a fine equestrian statue of George the Third. 



Near by are many old and magnificent trees that date back 

 more than eight hundred years. Tliereis the Conqueror's Oak, 

 nine or ten centuries old, twenty-six feet in circumference and 

 hollow. Tiiere are Queen Anne's, Queen Caroline's, Queen 

 Charlotte's, Queen Adelaide's and Queen Victoria's trees. And 

 here is Windsor forest. The whole extent of lands under the 

 charge of the surveyor of forests is fourteen thousand acres, 

 including forty miles of road. 



Here, too, is the Flemish farm, another of the farms under 

 the direction of the prince. It is chiefly remarkable for its 

 magnificent herd of Herefords, numbering about ninety head 

 of pure breds, including thirty-five or forty cows in milk, and 

 a large number of calves, heifers, yearlings and two-year-olds. 



