January  31,  1901.1 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER . 
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gigantea,  by  Princess  Louise 
of  Hesse  in  1864 ;  the  same 
by  Prince  Louis  at-  the  same 
time ;  Cupressus  semperyirens 
stricta,  by  the  Queen  in  1864  . 
Cupressus  Lambertiana,  by 
Prince  Arthur,  1864 ;  Thuia 
gigantea,  by  Prince  Leopold> 
1864;  Sciadopitys  verticillata 
by  Princess  Louise  Margaret 
of  Prussia  ;  Wellingtonia 
gigantea,  by  Princess  Hoben- 
lohe,  1857  ;  Abies  Albertiana, 
by  Princess  Victoria  and 
Elizabeth  of  Hesse,  1887. 
Two  trees  of  Pinus  Laricio, 
brought  by  the  Queen  from 
Hy&res,  were  planted  by 
Princess  Ena  of  Battenberg 
and  Prices  Alexander;  Pinus 
parviflora,  by  H.E.H.  Prince 
Henry  of  Battenberg,  1885; 
Picea  lasiocarpa,  by  Princess 
Helen  of  Waldeck,  1882 ;  l^icea 
cephalonica,  by  the  Duchess 
of  Kent,  1851 ;  Quercus  Ilex, 
by  her  Majesty  the  Queen, 
1864 ;  the  same  variety  by  the 
Czarevitch  (now  Emperor  of 
Russia),  1894 ;  Salisburia 
adiantifolia  (a  cutting  from  the 
large  tree  previously  men¬ 
tioned),  by  her  Grand  Ducal 
Highness  Princess  Alice  of 
Hesse  (now  Empress  of  Russia),  at  the  same  time  ;  English 
Oak,  planted  by  the  Queen,  June  20th,  1887,  to  commemorate 
her  Majesty’s  Jubilee.  Can  elsewhere  in  the  whole  wide  world 
be  found  such  a  collection  of  Royal  memorial  trees  as  this  P 
Nearer  the 
Mausoleum  are 
two  handsome 
Wellingtonias, 
with  a  history 
of  special  in¬ 
terest.  These 
trees  were 
planted  in  the 
first  instance  in 
the  grounds  of 
the  Royal  Hor¬ 
ticultural  So¬ 
ciety’s  Gardens 
at  South  Ken¬ 
sington,  one  by 
H.  R.  H.  the 
Prince  Consort 
on  June  5th, 
1861,  on  the 
occasion  of  the 
first  opening  of 
the  garden,  and 
the  other  by 
the  Queen  on 
June  24th  in 
the  same  year 
— the  year,  it 
may  be  re. 
marked,  of  the 
lamented  death 
of  Prince 
Albert.  On  De. 
were  removed  from  South 
Kensington  to  Frogmore  Gar¬ 
dens,  and  on  the  17th  were 
planted  here  by  her  Majesty 
near  the  Prince  Consort’s 
Mausoleum.  One  of  the  trees 
died  in  August,  1870,  and 
another  was  planted  in  its 
place  by  the  Queen  in  the 
December  of  the  same  year. 
The  history  of  these  two 
handsome  and  perfect  trees 
is  thus  invested  with  a  pathetic 
and  interesting  reminiscence  of 
H.R.H.  the  Prince  Consort,  her 
late  Majesty  the  Queen,  and  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
Here  in  this  grove  of  grand 
memorial  Conifers  our  late 
Monarch  has  prepared  her  last 
resting-place.  Here  she  has 
elected  to  sleep  in  symbolical 
seclusion  beside  him  whom  her 
soul  so  loved.  Not  “in  the 
long-drawn  aisle  and  fretted 
vault,”  where  our  other  rulers 
lie,  will  posterity  find  the 
sarcophagus  of  Victoria  and 
Albert,  but  amid  the  surround¬ 
ings  of  those  natural  objects 
among  which  they  sought 
pleasure  together  during  their 
lives,  and  from  which  in  death 
they  are  not  divided.  Two 
days  hence  the  thoughts  of  millions  will  be  centred  there. 
The  Duchess  of  Kent’s  Mausoleum. 
Still  proceeding  on  our  way,  we  come  to  the  main  entrance  gate 
leading  to  the  Royal  Mausoleum,  and,  turning  to  our  left,  we  pass 
through  many 
of  the  pre¬ 
viously  men¬ 
tioned  Royal 
specimen  trees, 
and  under  the 
branches  of  an 
immense  Cedar 
of  Lebanon. 
This  tree  has 
a  straight  trunk 
rising  to  the 
height  of  80 
feet,  and  nest 
ling  as  it  were 
against  a  por¬ 
tion  of  its 
branches  is  the 
Royal  Mauso¬ 
leum — a  temple 
embalmed  with 
ever  sacred 
memories,  at 
the  portals  of 
which  as  we 
pass  by  we  can 
only  pause  for 
a  moment  with 
reverent  feel¬ 
ings  and  re¬ 
spectful  sym¬ 
pathy. 
To  the  left 
The  Duchess  of  Kent’s  Mausoleum. 
The  Royal  Mausoleum  and  Memorial  Trees. 
we  cross  a 
little  stone 
