8 
SUPPLEMENT TO THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 3r, ty, 
oe wisdom and forethought of the late Mr. 
s Ingram, bene carried out t Rei an 
ptiesctietitly most ably directed the age- 
ment of the Royal g aden: until Janase 1868, 
Bs: a -four he 
Many of 
ders will remember that € on the ee 
pletion of his fiftieth year of service, Mr. Ingram 
was presented with a handsome tea and coffee 
are valuable as showing how un 
runed trees are, and how superior, in t 
ase of Oaks at least, is ot timber obtained 
rom them. Two of these old sare 
figur t EE ages called “ William 
the Conquerors Oak, Cranbourne 
Lodge, measures 38 feet ‘ound at 6 feet 
ind. Some of the plantations are 
kaimi to Tave been miei in ha Elizabeth’s 
ae 
of the same length as the pit, but 
, fi 
wider. This se and the ll 
O00 feet o 
Ss, 1a 
esent time. An illustration of the 
pre Vine js 
given in another page, together witl 
VIEW OF THE RANGE OF FORCING HOUSES, AND GARDENER’S RESIDENCE. 
sagen a e pia watch, and a purse of 150 guineas; 
and right well the worthy veteran deserved the 
honour pl him by his compeers, for, in addi- 
t aintaining the reputation of the 
Royal gardens in the first rank, we are indebte 
him for some new t excel- 
lence, and for a beautiful Rose—Miss Ingram, 
In was su in the superin- 
r of the 
e Roya gardens will be kept 
well abreast of as tim 
The GREAT PARK, the greater portion of 
scenery, is studded with osy 
trees, contains numerous thriv ving oop aor 
se fa llow and red deer and 
of ioultsies and 
n 
saplings seven and eight ppm ago, and 
which in their eet state o 
ness are 
a escri here 
a ees, bot isolated an plan- 
Which are still in their prime, and which 
time, and are interesting as being the only 
known examples in existence dating back so far. 
he young ae eter especially of Oak, ar 
some 
re 
of them models of tree Saeed but it 
must be reeni that the Par main- 
tained for vereign, and to a ies extent 
for 
the Sov 
the recreation of the people, without regard 
profit. 
nificent avenue called the S 
ng to gardeners 
account of the Cumberland Vine, figured at 
p 
E OLD VINE AT CUMBERLAND re 
_This peculiarly interesting Vine—* The 
viathan of Vines in Engla nd” —was originally 
found about the year 180 1cur 
per Dit 
č 
tions were made, but it must have been some 
ears before 1859, for in that season it is 
recorded that the Vine carried 2000 large 
described as being as black 
stem measured 2 feet 
he old Vine con- 
EVERGREEN OAKS IN THE HOME PARK: 
LONDON : BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS 
representation of EC tdi which now measures 
3 feet in circumfer 
| VIRGINIA WATER and w surtron have 
equally un- 
T he scenery is 
delightful, aa the lake is a bei Hit a piece 
| of landscape gardenin 
| was originally of a boge 
Paul 
hereabou 
gy Y character with standing 
ater- “colour 
been commu i 
he whole, 
x really p: 
| of which obtained two 
st views of the distant Castle that cam be 
| had, in this district of rich and varied 
beauty (see pp. 5 and 7). 
In concluding this very cursory review of some 
of the main features of Windsor Park and Forest 
| we have to record our cial a A to the 
| eae and ee ita furnished. u 
s, the deputy veyor ; an 
oe stupcat bara of ad Roy a Gardens. 
| saat s by Me 
r. Jones, 
iin 
sae 
2 an exact | 
ee 
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ir 
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