22 BECORDS AND BEMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



energies, and cultivated tastes, to the improvement 

 of his property ; designing beautiful plantations and 

 buildings, and planting valuable and ornamental 

 trees. 



There are but few estates upon which a greater 

 variety of trees and shrubs flourish to the same 

 extent. 



The arrangements of the various plantations in 

 every form and shape imaginable, denotes the fore- 

 sight displayed by one who was endowed with more 

 than ordinary capacity for such work. 



In viewing these plantations from a distance, or 

 in walking through them, they must excite the ad- 

 miration of any one, utility being combined with 

 ornament in every direction, and selection of the 

 various spots for each variety of timber or ornamental 

 tree being most judicious, rendering the home portion 

 of the estate one of the most delightful in the 

 kingdom, and a lasting memorial of a great planter. 



Among the lordly and majestic timber on the 

 estate, I must not omit to mention the glorious 

 specimens of cedars (Pinus cedrus), which are equal, 

 if not superior, to any others in this country. 

 In the years 1760-61, his Grace planted about a 

 thousand four-year-old cedars in various parts of the 

 park, and a considerable number have attained great 

 dimensions, measuring in girth at three feet from the 

 ground from 2 2^ to 25 feet, and varying proportionally 



