170 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [FrsnvAnv 29, 1862, | 
mittee will ка, the information T “ second a herd of Scotch cattle is fed closely j and r enewal,itis not until you escape from it ali 
by this . committee by „уш receiving 4 lbs, of oil-cake daily each | азр and А eh the н уе нут of the Park, M. 
and correction of publie o to facilitate the | o 
ота Бо gom the Gs e finest trees of which Win 
Papursetor ad. v Tong "n weli desoribed by Lord It (A | as the upshot of all these measures, The history of many of the plantations m 
turists and ci which we hope hereafter to describe more fully iu situnted i is s particularly È ypo 
and citi -th detail, that the greater part of Windsor Park, which Mr. Me s has don t deal towards M 
„a farmer at Garton-on-the- | on] y lately was an undrained, swampy or Rushy pasture, | up this history 
г. J. реу 
Wolds, near Drifäeld, pur dl three tons of |i. now as well grazed as апу land in the country; records and elsewhere with this object in view w hao | 
cake from manufacturers of Linseed cake at Drif- | and th € e is a striking illustration of those | been "guy шайы. Among other points thus 
i e ted to the Grass ер | determined we learn m Be the Е андер Oaks date | 
his as | the generally poor c condition of our pastures is now previously L^ jd es's The old la | 
making, and thinking that perhaps the neglect of | directing so much of our attention Henry i нана аб s 
і з to fee m mi es ing to pollarding was to be done not oftener than once in 
imself. Let us, however, ere we reach the Flemish Farm, take|7 years, and then n обоє was to be lopped or ent 
of the many interesting particulars which larger than a deer could turn over with its hors, 
ng us with regar e 8 
do with it, resolved IS Loir i them 
Things got from bad to worse, and seven of ies фото Pris afar hee Rer LA E А bi 
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cattle died, besides seven ven ewe ade iion |t is | timber 1 ih thé Ps tk, Rs Ё айне takes us in the first | to this pollarding altogether, and thus we have ош 
th milk. ce down the Long Walk fi the Сав at and easily recognisable -date affecting the age of 
64 zl ti brousit à t th his imposing avenue f Elm trees was planted | much of the timber, clearly marked oat. «mong the 
à Ee ап ponon Was pe нее 8 [аро the year 1680—i.e., in Y reign of Charles II.— | oldest paper pos to which another distinc date 
efendants for warranting that certain oileake was se officers and their pA successors much | attaches is a 13 acre group in the midst of dd Раш 
reasonably fit to o be t S nd cert a shee f the рЫ bis due. It extends probably the oldest and finest. artificial . plantation at 
and cattle; yet it was reby the cake fn dote rows on ба side of the dri 
became of no value to! é tai Mori and divers | tree to tree, with a ME of. about 100 feet between | concerning which there is а record dating from 
те, ua e to which the plaintiff | had | given | the two double t E extends from the Castle gates greet reign. 
more i ill, on a other 
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tow no date of interest as affecting the Park 
said that 10 samples А КРУМ point of which in the line of the avenue stands the is that of much of the timber standing 
1 fre requently i in rows, though in the midst of the Park at 
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| bad e qe т d to him for exam A equestrian monument of George IL The avenue 
n them, | originally contained about 1652 trees. Some years ago its farther end. dep g hereabout lies in ridge 
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pleined that the seeds eut their millstones to|are “seriously ” decayed and injured. recently | though eerie da i trees were left, and the 
pieces. Не attributed the inflammation dis- | published correspondence* the plans are $ described W land was relaid in Grass, though the ridged form 
covered in the stomachs and intestines to some | which it is proposed gradually 
NS d — Tt might have been pro-|serve 22 magnificent plantation. was at this period that the Tong Walk was 
duced by the hard E which were perfeetly In the por rtion nex xt „е — ege trees, in Шей. James the 2d has left no mark upon 
i i have been here and there Park, but his suceessor Wi Ilam, and again 
cut 1 he old eda entirely jon ved—large holes un vie especially the latter—did a great deal of 
ug a à lle d with fresh loam, апа „being pro- planting, and one of the most ‚шин шн ol ie 
T E the vum d eoclared upon, and vided, and in t a i ae PPOR ON, fine HE held th 40 ye КР 
ngly the jury i timated d that in their | to fit them ләй at once takin; i 
g to heir new position, | was accomplished. 
к the irt E i irati H 2 | hav: " e been n йм, Beyond the double gates, EN һе | In the present century, especially since 1810, when the 
1 soil is more clayey and less congenial to the Elm, th i city of 
importan obtaining in all cases & warranty of | removal of trees e stoned growth, or of Сһезп and |16 were beginning to claim attention, а are extent of 
tho quality of t of the he article агада, whether i be лү! {те a Sis here s m had "ig Wong has been done. s Р o the finest- young 
о ile i arid out upon a lar ations, averaging now abou years 
pla eA, including a double Y 23 13 Such h trees (2.е., beyond the Park. Any one чыр of seeing how 
o 230 yards in length), has been already formed. The Nature, merely m or on rare occasions 
ROYAL FARMS. original = growth has been removed, the whole | carries on the ipee ing of her шө trees, сап 8 
THE NORF R FARMS, AND has been deeply trenched over, according to the plan geously , as the office of the foret js con- 
AS, whi f tl Con mp Try rage г Bod od Mr. see ion 2 ly > т ter 2 lecti wi rom 
riens ААТ) Consort by the e oi ford, Mr. Sneyd, Mr. | naturally asserting itself) to the selec ion 0 
teristic specimens of English dee lie ^ ‚ the | Gore, and Mr, Clutton, This indudes “a тайпа] | which shall be removed and of those which aall 
replanting in masses" i € 
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the Castle, on either side of the Long Walk, or rather LE — 
etihür dk А, ving un bed for the present all Elm| In and around the Forest, too, as well as here an 
Ro [rege Age igo — of fine na | trees which are in health or have Hu ornamental | there within the Park, are some ma; тй СЕ 
enjoyment. Nowhere aré there older бе end LIA ete eig t | character, but removing all such of older date as аге | of olden time, үн trees carrying back d 
tions or more glorious M al trees than Windsor dead, dying, or unsightly, and MURS rug all|eye and mind to periods probably before 
k contains. Thanks {о ЭМЕГЕН. ose younger plants with which v s have from | date of the Gadus: and previous therefore 
much to those of Mr. ре th dE cu а time to time been su; pd po iti is is plat that they the erection of any part of the Castle 0r 
Surveyor, a definite pedea р КР Mee У | have not thriven, and t o promise of ever | magnificent Oak, about 30 feet in circumferene 
every md. of the whole кка datin is MEME ILS stands by the so-called Forest Gate, which, ele 
Henry the Eighth?s ti а Elisabeth? p cse mi In these plantations accordingly, only one of which | lating at the rate of 12 to 14 annual rings per me 
КР ӨН АР Spe з boai Жарай dha grosi ага remaod, th langaia be mor чып ше old. оголе 
; Я enched up, as feet deep, | other of the mos orthy trees in the 
Mer that Tt p? poe mei e ppm and Дей, after Фра age, for some time - mellow. | nected with ^ of eres there is some special history. 
d's reign, and those о Willi 1 F e | Imm нне g "]oam from Ва ы Hill are|photographs have been taken M the Earl of Caithness 
Ч iliam and of Anne, БУК о the land, and the whole is in admirable | and these will probably soon b s published i in a work ot 
f i edition ы mos E КЕРИ boh planted. | the history of the Forest under ts successive uu; EA 
RP у which along with that, ot Г the | fro Peas apvd Fir have been planted in lines 4 feet | by Mr. Menzies. Materials r^ p work have 
t А ified, the tree over all this space, Oaks, care- sédulously gathered by Mr. Menzies during the pat 
Far Supr о “of Ж h, more o | fally баша by previous transplanting and otherwise, | 12 years in which he has held the office of 
iub Е in his vino grati: |an | тш eue in the midst in the line of the former Surveyor of the Crown estates — Among tha RÉ 
n matters whic ing to submi уфа 
ем. ће s rires ones de FT that on БО bna dm actual position of each being however in the | the late Prince Ана agb : posals to place iroi 
onsort, nos d biu Dor for Мы mod Dari р bees between those оо pA the former trees. The | pillars j^ each of the groups, nlantationg, ап and prim 
razed was but lately the poorest jM s Ed Y | Larch will act as rses? to the young Oaks, and the | solitary trees, intimating the d d history of ай the 
» je iata Y. дады ы жок мр thus placed т mie the mos. favourable cir- | which had been thus Fn desea On th der 
Step b | сев vigoro wth. | week previous to the death of' the Prince, 
ана, And tbe] D = M being till As a protection from the deor and haros a careful waited by command at the Castle to 187 а 
contin the aer to 100 aer fencing was required ; and one. which with occasional Royal Hi gnus the materials Eae Re 
4 feet deep, to 1 inn "ri tla d historical account 
e being latterl d are out of danger, has been devised and erected | the message was that, owin to illness the 
lot hen pe d ihe! dpt EE] М м Menzies, It is a 6-foot iron fence, 7 barred ; | must i > postponed. The first iron Дш has re 
it, a be. ik E stoppage pa T the separate bars being received in tubular sockets | been nw he Botal Oha apel d 
is uus T p The ыз s umi in the uprights, thus enabling contraction or w Hill, y^ further ой, 
repeatedly every Lim gy "e soon disa expansion (without warping) T heat; ve S Windsor Pa stand um buildings fo or the perfi { 
this treatment; E from a full head Wee to 30 inches from the ground a wire nett of the which falls within bs ofice sf ne Bef 
tüleock, gradually dwindle until опе бг bwo айша p ovary | placed: If fastened to the lower bars of this fence, it and Uo Commissioner of Woods and d Forests to 1 
from ne outside of every plant make their кыо. көрү уры пров кч ve been desi ку! by th and that of the шта m De Ботеро, 
2 re spudded ont by hand, and so that mischief | ү ек кек онан ШЧ bora, Anc ма ищу eg Uv. There is hero 
disappears. he er sis = 1 ^ ta hel 
sprending of much of the of the earth from Бага, ie NOTER talai upright at about 30 inches from the ground | connected with the estate. еде pace usiness 
fall of ' , however, мед destroyed b al ПИЙ with ex arp peeing | horizontally | carried on may be gathered from the fact that 9? 
іреп ziow ена » uddi , Andi additi y uta foot or 18 inches dd api d ria plan- is 14, 000 acres of land, and 40 m iles о of road 
these t а а dm б e : a Т tation, and it vs at the end of these ted |1 ndod, 
growth of К a ы үзе e ылы e WO M therefore by the low: ыны the fence, t that ti the wire Thor is а turbine driven by po 
manuring ап and ot co Fin tre iie eg As eins DR lot netting against the чи fixed. hi reg and a 14-horse-powe engine 
is draine receives a liberal dressing of farm- aci (йз пот. specimen of оа а careful manageme mre of Clayton & Shaktleworth 
F^ and p — is (рода about КУ high 1 Fine, however, as is much of the avenue, and rese sawmills, xim morticing, and other machi 
hurdles couple of am e six flu E E estingas aro Th Вали та reno a preservation |; је. alan Маш A ere ges md d 
Жый оныч the Gr | o l0th Report of the Commissioners of Н.М. Woods and poploged hy the Surve or. А large staff ot“, 
one year, n та lst July, 1801. aid ober а M ck Ae. 
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