London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity, illustrated by maps, plans and views . interest. We are now in the neighbourhood of anotherround ornamental building called the Temple of the Sun. Thenoble trees around will doubtless attract the visitors eye. ATurkey oak, a great cedar, and an oriental plane, are amongstthe most conspicuous. Passing the tnmk of a dead cedar of Le-banon, a great favourite, when in its piime, with George IH., weare again at the great gates. A splendid specimen of the Douglasi:)ine has been erected in the gardens as a flag-staff. The
London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity, illustrated by maps, plans and views . interest. We are now in the neighbourhood of anotherround ornamental building called the Temple of the Sun. Thenoble trees around will doubtless attract the visitors eye. ATurkey oak, a great cedar, and an oriental plane, are amongstthe most conspicuous. Passing the tnmk of a dead cedar of Le-banon, a great favourite, when in its piime, with George IH., weare again at the great gates. A splendid specimen of the Douglasi:)ine has been erected in the gardens as a flag-staff. The treefrom which it was cut was 220 feet high, and is supposed to havebeen 200years old. The staff is 157 feet long, its cubical con-tents 160 feet, and its weight 4 tons, 8 cwt., 2 qrs. Its lowerend for the length of 11|- feet is simk in a brick well below thesurface of the ground. Curtailed as it is, it towers into the airtwice as far as the tallest trees about it. The Pleasure Grounds comprise about 250 acres, whichare di\dded into the Arboretum, the Nurseries, a large lake, and 41,1^ I ij f i _^ /^€:!*v-S^^. RICHMOND. 363 4 a piece of ground, 26 acres in extent, allotted to the private useof the Queen. The Arboretum contains about 3500 kinds oftrees and shrubs, it being intended to exhibit specimens of allornamental or useful trees that will flourish in our climate. ThePagoda, visible from most parts of the grounds, is 160 feethigh and contains ten storeys. It was designed by Sir WilliamChambers, but since his time some of its objectionable featureshave been removed. The temple of Victory stands on a moundnear the Unicorn Gate. It was designed to commemorate thebattle of Minden, August 1, 1759. The two Nurseries are use-fully devoted to the rearing of young trees, for the purpose ofsupplying the London parks and the grounds here; and manythousands are transplanted from them every year. The large piece of ground l}ing between the pleasure groundsand Richmond is called the O
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