'The Scotch Firs, Kensington Gardens', c1876. Scots pines grow in Kensington Gardens, once private gardens of Kensington Palace,, originally created by Henry VIII in 1536 for use as a hunting ground, Queen Caroline requested they be separated from Hyde Park in 1728. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]