John Robinson, Esq., Secretary-General of Woods.
Report of Acorns planted in and about Windsor Great Park, &c.
| Year when planted. | Computed number of Acorns planted. | ||
| 1788 1789 1790 | } | 4,220,000 | |
| 1791 | 1,098,000 | ||
| 1792 | 1,530,000 | ||
| 1793 | 680,000 | ||
| 1794 | 260,000 | ||
| 1795 | 136,000 | ||
| 1796 | 1,160,000 | ||
| 1797 | 280,000 | ||
| 1798 | 720,000 | ||
| 1799 | 420,000 | ||
| 1800 | 441,000 | ||
| 1801 | 280,000 | ||
| ————— | |||
| Total | 11,225,000 | ||
[50] We cordially recommend readers, for a description, with engravings, of many of the principal inscribed stones in this collection, to consult our friend Dr. Bruce’s superb work, the “Lapidarium Septentrionale,” in which many of them are figured; to this we are indebted for the accompanying beautiful engravings, which have been placed at our disposal by Dr. Bruce.
[51] The dimensions of some of these trees are as follows:—The Douglas Fir (Abies Douglasii), 75 ft. in height, 6½ ft. circumference a yard from the ground, and 49 ft. across from point to point of the branches; Abies Menziesii, height 65 ft., girth 6 ft. at a yard from the ground; Picea Cephalonica, 50 ft. high, girth 4 ft. at a yard from the base; Abies Canadensis, 42 ft. in height, girth 3 ft.; Picea pinsapo, 40 ft. high; and the “Adam and Eve” ash-trees, one of which measures 21 ft. in girth at 5 ft. from the ground. For these dimensions we are indebted to that admirable publication, the Gardener’s Chronicle, in which an excellent account of the grounds of Lowther appeared. To that publication we have to express our obligation for the woodcut of the north front of the castle. “A.D. MDXCVIII ex gravi peste, quæ regionibus hisce incubuit, obierunt apud Penrith 2260, Kendal 2500, Richmond 2200, Carlisle 1196. Posteri, Avertite vos et vivite.”
[52] We need only to name one or two of Jacob Thompson’s pictures—the “Harvest Home in the time of Queen Elizabeth,” the “Highland Ferry Boat,” “The Proposal,” “Ulleswater from Sharrow Bay,” the “Highland Bride’s Separation,” “Going to Church,” the “Mountain Ramblers,” “Proserpine,” “Sunny Hours of Childhood,” the “Pet Lamb,” “The Signal,” “Rush-bearing,” “The Vintage,” and “Homeward Bound”—to direct attention to the marvels of high Art which issue from his pencil.
[53] “Transactions of the Architectural Society of the Diocese of Lincoln, 1860.”
[54] Those who desire to know more of the neighbourhood cannot do better than consult Mr. White’s “Worksop, the Dukery, and Sherwood Forest:” it is an interesting, valuable, and useful book. To it we are indebted for the engraving of the Greendale Oak on page 354.
[55] “Le Methode nouvelle & Invention extraordinaire de dresser les Chevaux, les travailler selon la nature et parfaire la nature par la subtilité de l’art; la quelle n’a jamais été treuvée que. Par Le tres noble, haut, et tres-puissant Prince Guillaume Marquis et Comte De Newcastle, Viconte de Mansfield, Baron de Bolsover et Ogle, Seigneur de Cavendish, Bothel et Hepwel; Pair d’Angleterre, Qui eut la charge et l’honneur d’estre Gouverneur du Sereniss’me Prince de Galles en sa jeunesse et maintainant Roy de la Grande Bretagne; Et d’avantage qui est Lieutenant pour le Roy de la Comté de Nottingham et la Forest de Sherwood; Capitaine-General en toutes provinces outre la Riviere de Trent et autres endroits du Royaume d’Angleterre, Gentil-homme de la Chambre du Lit du Roy; Conseiller d’Etat et Prive; et Chevalier de l’Ordre tres-noble de la Iartiere, etc. A Anvers, chez Iacques Van Meurs, l’an M.DC.LVIII.”