Chapter XIV: The Evolution of the Carriage (2)

Pluck! Fancy anyone using such a word to an Englishwoman. Why, of course I had.

We waited. The ’bus came. There, at one of the busiest points of that busy city’s streets, the vehicle drew up. There was no stairway, no ladder even as to a coach. I simply had to clamber from axle to wheel, from wheel to small step below the driver, and—dragged and hauled by that kindly person—land somehow into a seat beside him,—then to step over that into a row of seats placed still higher behind the driver’s back. I had split my sleeve and made a pair of white kid gloves filthy in the process, but I was there! No wonder American women do not aspire to the tops of omnibuses, and no wonder that the bustling crowd stopped to look at a mad Englishwoman in her best frock attempting athletic feats. Even the fat Irish policeman, white bâton in hand, looked on and marvelled. Up-to-date as the Americans boast to be, it was curious to find such an obsolete old vehicle still doing duty in the heart of their metropolis. Many of the roads in important towns in America are to-day little better than those of London a century and a half ago.

Another great change in locomotion in London came with the trams, which are more recent than ’buses; but the horse-drawn tram has already disappeared and given place to electricity, while the tubes are accustoming us to take our short journeys underground.

Nothing is so typical of the London streets as the light, swift-moving hansom cab. Its extraordinary abundance everywhere is one of the first things that impresses the intelligent foreigner within this capital of ours. Joseph Hansom took out his patent so long ago as 1834. His was not, it is true, the present-day vehicle, which has been evolved out of all recognition from its original conception, though it still immortalises his name. The cab itself was the outcome of the gig.

Cabriolets, or gigs with hoods, were introduced into London in 1762, but it was not until 1805 that they were established as public vehicles. Then eight received licences. They were two-wheeled, something like a modern hansom. The fare sat by the side of the driver; but under the hood. Only twelve were at first allowed to ply for hire, and these stood in Portland Street. They attained great popularity, and displaced the hackney coach, which by this time had grown into a heavy two-horsed vehicle.

That advent of the hansom is being repeated to-day in the placing of taximeter motor cabs on the streets. No one is so conservative as the London cabby, and the “new-fangled” vehicles, which were at the outset the object of so much chaff—not too good-humoured—had to live down opposition, but from the first little group placed at Hyde Park Corner at Easter, 1906, they grew so rapidly in popularity that in a short time thousands were plying our streets for hire. The smart-liveried young chauffeur of the “taxi” is a strong contrast to the picturesque but decidedly gruff and untidy old driver, who for so long has figured conspicuously among the motley types of London.

A larger cab than the hansom, built like a brougham, came into use in 1836, and from that the familiar four-wheeled “growler” has developed,* *—backwards to a more remote ancestor, as some curious student of evolution might surmise.

Bicycles rapidly evolved from the old “bone-shaker,” with wooden wheels and iron rims, through the high-wheeled “ordinary,” with solid rubber tyres, to the present “safety” type. The “bone-shaker” was itself an offspring of the earlier “hobby-horse” on wheels, awkwardly propelled by the rider’s feet touching the ground. This was almost a peculiarity of Hyde Park, where the young beaux of the middle-nineteenth century disported themselves on the bone-racking contrivance, for few ventured out into the streets or to the open country upon it.

Only the invention of the low-bent frame made cycling for women possible about 1892. I remember gazing one day out of an hotel window in Copenhagen, when to my surprise I saw a woman riding on a bicycle. It must be remembered that pneumatic tyres had only a short time before that been invented.

“Look!” I called to my husband. “Surely that is a woman cycling!”

“Why, so it is, and how nice she looks,” he replied, and as he spoke another woman similarly engaged came into view. We soon put on our hats, and wandered off to watch the ladies of Copenhagen indulging in such a novel pastime. I quickly decided that as soon as I returned to London I would try, too. I did, in the dusk round the Regent’s Park, stared at and jeered at by the little boys, who found great fun in a woman’s first futile endeavours to mount.

Paris quickly followed Denmark’s lead, and England came along slowly behind. Every man, woman, and child rides a bicycle nowadays. On their first appearance, and for many years afterwards, bicycles were not allowed in the parks, but gradually it was found impossible to keep them out, and in 1904 an order was issued allowing them to be ridden anywhere in Hyde Park except at the busiest hours. Even that restriction was shortly afterwards withdrawn, and one cycled among thousands of riders passing in a constant stream between the Achilles statue and along the banks of the Serpentine to the Magazine.

The cycle craze, however, as a means of town amusement for the fashionable world, has already died out. In Hyde Park it had but a short life. One year everyone flocked to Battersea Park, where in certain hours of the day the cycling throng mustered in battalions, and most of them were smart young Englishwomen. But nowadays the cyclists seen in the Park are not those who come out to while away an hour or two, but mostly riders taking a short cut to distant parts of London or to the country.

The evolution of the twentieth-century girl began with the “bike” at the end of the previous decade, and is taking root in the suffragette.

The motor seems to be the last word in locomotion, and until the flying machine is more firmly established to enable us poor groundlings to course through the air, it is difficult to foresee what is going to displace it. The first efforts of motoring were not altogether happy. So terrible had the smell and the noise of the petrol cars become, that in 1906 an order was issued that none but electrically driven vehicles were to pass through the Park between the hours of four and seven. Then those delightfully silent electric landaulettes plied in and out of the horsed traffic, almost unperceived, and the objectionable fumes disappeared.

Frequently the King’s car is to be seen in Hyde Park. One day, a year or two ago, his Majesty’s motor came to a sudden stop in Richmond Park, and a crowd which promptly assembled enjoyed the agreeable spectacle of the King instructing his chauffeur how to deal with a breakdown, and showing in a number of ways his intimate knowledge of motor-car mechanism.

His Majesty’s immunity from accident is owing as much to his own discretion in driving as to the abilities of his chauffeurs. His car seldom exceeds the twenty miles an hour limit, although he is subject to no speed regulations. His explicit instructions are that a moderate pace must be observed in passing towns or villages.

In these pages we have seen that the history and romance of Hyde Park dates from the time of the Roman encampment near the rude settlement of the Trinobantes, which the invaders called Londinium.

That Tyburn, probably the most tragic, if not the most historical, spot in all England, stood in the vicinity where the Marble Arch now stands. That the first hanging took place there in 1196, and executions continued until 1783. Every offence, from stealing a yard of ribbon to murder, heresy, and treason, paid its penalty at Tyburn, and the perpetrator was hanged, drawn, and quartered at the gallows.

Hyde Park has been a Royal Forest, the happy fishing ground of monks, from whose hands it passed at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. A closely preserved Royal Park, the scene of vile tragedies, a famous racecourse (the precursor of Newmarket), the training-ground of Cromwellian troops; and it was even sold by auction. The playground of Society, a refuge from the plague, the scene of public rejoicings, and the Great Exhibition of 1851. The safety-valve of individuals with grievances, the most remarkable, perhaps, of latter days being the revolution of the suffragettes in 1907.

And Hyde Park still remains the great social open-air centre of London, where the gay world desports itself as it has done through many centuries. That great green sward has been the high-ground of history and romance.

HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS

LIST OF TREES AND SHRUBS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED

KINDLY SUPPLIED FOR THIS VOLUME BY MAJOR HUSSEY, OF HIS MAJESTY’S OFFICE OF WORKS

H. means Hyde Park; K. means Kensington Gardens; H. K. means planted in both.

Acer campestre.
circinnatum.
creticum.
H. K. dasycarpum.
macrophyllum.
Negundo variegatum.
palmatum.
K. platanoides.
K. Reitenbachii.
H. Schwedleri.
H. K. pseudo-platanus.
K. foliis variegatis.
H. K. purpureum.
rubrum.
saccharinum.
saccharinum var. nigrum.
tartaricum.

H. K. Æsculus Hippocastanum laciniata.
H. K. rubicunda.

H. K. Ailantus glandulosa.

Alnus barbata.
cordifolia.
H. K. glutinosa.
H. K. laciniata.
var. quercifolia.
var. incisa.

Alnus incana.

Amorpha fruticosa.

H. Ampelopsis quinquefolia.
K. tricuspidata.

H. K. Amygdalus communis.
amara.
macrocarpa.
nana.

K. Amelanchier canadensis.
vulgaris.

Andrachone.

H. K. Arbutus unedo. var. rubra.

Aralia chinensis.
spinosa.

Amorpha fruticosa.

Aristolochia Sipho.

Armeniaca sibirica (Prunus).

Artemisia arborescens.

Asimina triloba.

H. K. Aucuba japonica.
H. K. var. viridis.

Azalea sinense (Rhododendron).
H. K. pontica.
nudiflora.

H. K. Berberis aquifolium.
H. Darwinii.
Fortunei.
japonica.
repens.

H. K. Berberis stenophylla.
vulgaris.
folius purpureis.

H. K. Betula alba.
K. pendula.
fruticosa.
nana.
H. K. nigra.
lenta.
populifolia.
urticifolia.

H. K. Buxus balearica.
H. K. sempervirens, var. arborescens.
caucasia.
sempervirens aureomarginata.
K. prostrata.

Caragana arborescens.
frutescens.
Chamluga.
K. spinosa.

H. K. Carpinus Betulus.

Carya amara.

H. Caryopteris Mastacanthus.

H. K. Castanea sativa.

H. K. Catalpa bignonioides.
H. K. aurea.

Cedrus deodara.
K. libani.

Cerasus Avium (see Prunus).
multiplex.
H. Laurocerasus.
lusitanica.
Mahaleb.
H. K. Padus.
semperflorens.
serrotina.
serrulata.

H. K. Cerasus vulgaris flore plena.
japonica roseo-plena.
Waterii.

K. Cercis Siliquastrum.

Cistus florentinus.
ladaniferus.
monspeliensis.
K. vulgaris.

Clematis Flammula.
montana.
K. Vitalba.
H. K. Jackmanni.

Celtis Tournefortii.

Clerodendron trichotomum.

H. K. Colutea arborescens.

Cornus alba spæthii.
stolonifera.
mas.
aureo elegantissima.
K. variegata.
H. K. sanguinea.

Coronilla Emerus.

Corylus Avellana.
H. K. Maxima atropurpurea.

Cotoneaster acuminata.
bacillaris.
H. K. frigida.
H. K. horizontalis.
H. K. microphylla.
H. K. nummularia.
Simonsii.

Cratagus altaica.
Azarolus.
H. K. coccinea.
var. acerifolia.
var. maxima.
cordata.
crus-galli.
var. splendens.
H. K. var. pyracanthafolia.
rotundifolia.
heterophylla.
macrantha.
H. K. nigra.
Crus-galli ovalifolia.
orientalis.
H. K. Oxyacantha.
aurea.
eriocarpa.
K. flexuosa.
laciniata.

K. Cratagus Oxyacantha præcox.
pendula.
(flore pleno punicco) punicca fl. pl.
quercifolia.
K. rosea.
H. (flore pleno rubra).
H. K. (flore pleno roseo) rosea plena.
rotundifolia.
H. K. (flore pleno coccineo) coccinea plena.
H. K. (flore pleno albo).
stricta.

H. K. Cratagus punctata.
Xanthacarpa.
brevi spina.
altaica.
H. K. Pyracantha, Lalandi.
sinaica.
cuncata.
tanacetifolia.
dippeliana.

H. K. Cupressus Lawsoniana.
Naotkatensis.
sempervirens.

H. K. Cydonia japonica.
H. K. Maulei.
vulgaris var. lusitanica.
maliformis.

H. K. Cytisus albus.
H. K. alpinus.
nigricans.
racemosus.
H. K. scoparius.
sessilifolius.

Daphne Mezereum.
pontica.

H. K. Dimorphanthus mandschuricus.

Diospyros Lotus.
K. virginiana.

H. Diplopappus chrysophyllus.

H. Deutzia crenata.
K. gracilis.
H. crenata fl. pl.

H. K. Eleagnus angustifolia.
H. argentea.

H. K. Euonymus europoeus.
fructo-albo.
K. japonicus.
H. argenteus.
auro-variegatus.
radicans.
H. K. variegata.
Catifolius.

H. K. Fagus sylvatica.
cuprea.
H. K. pendula.
H. K. purpurea.

H. K. Fatsia japonica.

H. K. Ficus Carica.

Fontanesia phillyroeoides.

H. K. Forsythia suspensa.
H. K. viridissima.

Fraxinus americana cinerea.

H. K. Fraxinus elliptica.
H. K. excelsior.
angustifolia.
aurea.
peterophylla.
H. K. americana juglandifolia.
H. K. excelsior pendula.
americana cinerea.
verrucosa.
nigra.
Ornus.
angustifolius.

Genista trispanica.

H. K. Cytisus proecox.
tinctoria.

H. K. Gleditschia triacanthos.
sinensis.
nana.

Gymnocladus canadensis.

Halesia diptera.
tetraptera.

Halimodendron argenteum.

Hamamelis virginica.

Hedera Helix.
K. arborescens.
H. caendwoodiana.
canariensis.
arborescens.
K. chrysocarpa.
H. dentata.

Hedera Helix digitata.
encida.
calchica minima.

Helix Maderensis variegata.
taurica.
H. K. variegata.

H. K. Hibiscus syriacus, in variety.

H. K. Hippophæ rhamnoides.
salicifolia.

H. K. Hydrangea hortensia.
H. K. paniculata grandiflora.

H. K. Hypericum calycinum.
K. elatum.
patulum.
K. hircinum.

H. K. Ilex Agnifolium.
H. K. altaclerense.
K. angustifolia.
H. variegata.
argentea variegata.
H. K. argentea marginata.

H. K. Ilex aurea-marginata.
aurea-picta.
aurea regina.
albo-picta.
balearica.
camelliæfolia.
ferox.
argentea.
ferox aurea.
H. K. fructo-luteo.
heterophylla.
myrtifolia.
H. K. Hodginsii.
Caurifolia.
Catispina.
K. recurna.
scotica.
Shepherdii.
H. K. Watereriana.
H. K. Tortuosa.
dipyrena.
Catifolia.
opaca.

Jasminum fruticans.
H. K. nudiflorum.
H. K. officinale.
humile.

K. Juniperus climensis.

Juniperus communis.
nana.
Sabina tamariscifolia.
procumbens.
procumbens.
virginiana.

Juglans cinerea.
nigra.
H. K. regia.

H. Kerria japonica.

Koelreuteria paniculata.

H. K. Laburnum alpinum.

H. K. Laburnum vulgare.
v. quercifolium.
v. Watereri.

H. K. Laurus nobilis.

Leycesteria formosa.

Ligustrum Ibota.
H. K. japonicum.
lucidum.
H. K. ovalifolium, foliis aureis.
H. K. variegatum Quikoui.
H. K. vulgare.

H. K. Liquidamber styraciflua.

H. K. Liriodendron tulipifera.

H. K. Lonicera Caprifolium.
flexuosa.
K. involucrata.

Periclymenum.
K. Aurea reticulata.

Lycium, chinense.
hamilifolium.

Magnolia acuminata.
conspicua.
H. K. Soulangeana.
grandiflora.
H. K. stellata.

Morus alba. pendula.
nigra.

H. K. Osmanthus aquifolium ilicifolius.

H. Olearia Haastii.

H. K. Pavia flava purpurascens.
H. K. flava.

Pavia Lyoni.
glabra arguta.
parviflora.
neglecta.
Asculus.

H. K. Paulownia imperialis.

H. K. Philadelphus coronarius.
tomentosus.
floribundus verrucosus.
Gordonianus.
H. K. grandiflorus floribundus.
inodorus.
hirusutus.
H. Lemoinei.

H. K. Phillyrea angustifolium.
K. buxifolia.
decora.
K. ligustifolia.
H. latifolia.
H. K. vilmoriniana.

Photinia serrulata.

Pinus cembra.
H. Australis.
insignis.
Laricio.
K. sylvestris.

Planera aquatica.
Richardi.

Platanus acerifolia.

H. K. Populus alba.
H. K. pyramidalis (bolleana).
balsamifera.

H. K. Populus canescens.
H. K. Canadensis.
deltoidea.
H. aurea.
macrophylla.
H. K. nigra.
betulæfolia.
migra, pyramidalis.
H. K. tremula.
pendula.

H. K. Prunus Amygdalus.
amara.
macrocarpa.
nana.
Persica camelliæflora.
H. K. flore roseo pleno.
alba pleno.
dianthiflora plena.
K. triloba.
cerasifera.
atropurpurea.
K. communis.
spinosa.
acida semper florens.
K. Avium.
K. pendula.
K. flore pleno.
H. K. japonica flore roseo pleno.
pseudo-cirasus.
H. serrulata.
Maheleb.
H. Watereri.
Maheleb pendula.
H. K. Padus.
Serotina.
Laurocerasus.
Caucasica.
cotchica.
rotundifolia.
lusitanica.

K. Ptelia trifoliata.

H. K. Pterocarya caucasica.

K. Pyrus Aria.
salicifolia.
H. majestica.
undulata.
amygdaliformis.
arbutefolia.
H. K. Aucuparia.
H. fructu-luteo.
auricularis.
baccata.

H. Pyrus communis.
floribunda.
hybrida.
intermedia.
lanata.
H. K. malus astracanica.
nivalis.
pinnatifida.
rivularis.
spectabilis.
H. terminalis.

Quercus Aegilops.
H. K. Cerris.
cana-major.
cana-minor.
fulhamensis.
H. K. Coccinea.
fastigiata.
filicifolia.
H. K. Ilex.
Gramuntia.
lucombeana.
palustris.
K. pedunculata.
fastigiata.
H. K. robur.
rubra.
longifolia.
Suber.

Rhamnus Alaternus maculata.
Alprica.
cathartica.
Frangula.
infectoria.

H. K. Rhododendron ponticum.
K. præcox.
dauricum.
Cunninghami.
H. K. hybrids in variety.
Rhus capallina.
H. Rhus typhina.
frutescens.
H. Cotinus.
glabra.
laciniata.
canadensis.

H. K. Ribes alpinum.
pumilum.
aureum.
præcox.
Diacantha.
Menziesii.
nigrum variegatum.

H. K. Ribes Sanguineum.
albidum.

Robinia hispida.
inermis.
H. Pseudacacia.
K. Pseudacacia angustifolia.
H. K. bessoniana.
decaisneana.
dubia.
elegans.
fastigiata.
heterophylla.
inermis.
monophylla.
semperflorens.
tortuosa.
viscosa.

Rosa arvensis.
Banksiæ.
canina.
damascena.
gallica centifolia.
muscosa.
indica.
rubiginosa.
H. K. rugosa.
flore plens.
H. K. wichuraiana.
K. multiflora.
noisettiana.
H. K. hybrids in variety.

Rosmarinus officinalis.

H. K. Rubus fruticosus.
alba-pleno.
rubra-pleno.
H. K. laciniatus.
nutkanus.

H. K. Ruscus aculeatus.

H. K. Salisburia adiantifolia.

K. Salix alba.
H. K. aurea.
H. K. babylonica.
H. K. Caprea.
K. daphnoides.
K. rosmarinifolia.
H. K. purpurea.
viminalis.

H. K. Sambucus nigra.
H. laciniata.
foliis aureis.
racemosa.
plumosa.
H. aurea.

H. K. Spartium junceum.

Smilax aspera.
glauca.
rotindifolia.

H. K. Skimmia japonica.

Sophora japonica.

Spirea bullata.
H. arixfolia.
canesceus.
H. argata.
cantoniensis.
H. aurea.
chamcedrifolia.
discolor.
japonica.
H. K. Bumalda.
K. prunifolia flore pleno.
salicifolia.
Sorbifolia.
Thumbirgi.
H. K. Lindleyana.

Symphoricarpus orbiculatus.
K. racemosus.

K. Syringa Emodi.
Josikæa.
H. K. persica.
H. K. alba.
H. K. vulgaris.
H. K. many garden varieties.

K. Tamarix gallica.

K. Taxodium distichum.

K. Taxus baccata adpressa.
H. K. baccata.
H. K. aurea.
Dovastoni.
fastigiata.
fructo luteo.
canadensis.
cuspidata.

Thuya dolobrata.
japonica.
K. occidentalis.
orientalis.
aureo-variegata.
plicata.

Tilia americana.
H. K. argentea.
cordata.
K. dasystyla.
petiolaris.
K. platyphyllosasplenifolia.
H. K. vulgaris.

H. Ulex europæus.

LIST OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS

H. Ulex flore pleno.
nanus.
K. Ulmus americana.
H. K. pendula.
H. K. campestris.
Louis van Houtte.
sarniensis.
H. K. Wheatleyi.
Ulmus glabra.
H. K. connubiensis.
H. K. stricta.
H. K. montana.
atropurpurea.
H. fastigiata aurea.
H. K. pendula.
vegeta.
pedunculata.
H. K. Camperdown weeping.
Veronica cupressoides.
Traversii.
H. K. Viburnum dentatum.
Lantana.
Lentago.
K. Opulus.
H. sterile.
H. K. Tinus.
hirtum.
H. K. plicatum.
Weigela Diervilla florida.
H. K. hybrida.
K. Looymansi aurea.
K. Wistaria chinensis.
multijuga.
Xanthorrhiza apiifolia.
Yucca angustifolia.
filamentosa.
flaccida.
H. gloriosa.
H. K. recurvifolia.

HERBACEOUS PLANTS GROWN IN HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS

Acanthus candelabrum.
mollis alba.
Achillea ptarmica.
millefolia rosa.
Aconitum autumnale.
Napellus bicolor.
Acorus gramineus var.
Actoea spicata fructo nigra.
Agapanthus umbellatus.
Agathoea coelestis.
Ajuga reptans purpurea.
metallica crispa.
Allium Moly.
Alisma Plantago.
Alyssum compactum.
Anemone Japonica.
alba.
blanda.
Anchusa italica.
Antennaria tomentosa.
Antirrhinum in variety.
Aquilegia coerulea.
hybrida.
Arabis al bida (fl. pl.).
Arenaria in variety.
Armeria cephalotes rubra.
vulgaris.
Asclepias curassivica.
Asparagus Sprengerii.
Asters in variety.
Asperula odorata.
Aubrietia Leichtlinii.
græca.
Auricula in variety.
Aubrietia grandiflora.
Bellis perennis in variety.
Bocconia cordata.
Bupthalmum salicifolium.
Camassia esculenta.
Campanula in variety.
Calla Oethiopica.
Carex Japonica, fol. var.
Chrysanthemum maximum.
uliginosum.
Centaurea in variety.
Cineraria maritima.
Convolvulus.
Convallaria majalis.
Coreopsis grandiflora.
Canceolata.
Drummondii.
tinctoria.
Crambe cordifolia.
Cynara scolymus.
Cyperus Congens.
Dactylis glomerata var.
Delphinium in variety.
Dictamnus fraxinella.
alba.
Digitalis in variety.
Doronicum austriacum.
plantagineum excelsum.
Epilobium angustifolium.
album.
Eremurus robustus.
Erigeron speciosum.
glabellus.
Eryngium gigantea.
amethystimum.
Ferula gigantea.
Francoa ramosa.
Funkia ovata.
alba marginata.
grandiflora.
undulata var.
Fuchsia gracilis.
variegata.
Gaillardia in variety.
Galega officinalis.
alba.
Gaura Lindheimeri.
Geum coccineum.
Geranium cinereum.
pratense alba.
ibericum.
sanguineum.
Gunnera scabra.
manicata.
Gynerium argenteum.
Gypsophila paniculata.
Gymnothrix Catifolia.
Helenium autumnale.
pumilum magnificum.
grandicephalum striatum.
Helianthus in variety.
Hemerocallis aurantiaca major.
flava.
Thunbergi.
Helleborus niger.
Heracleum giganteum.
Herniaria glabra.
Heuchera sanguinea.
Hollyhocks, hybrids.
Hesperis matronalis alba.
Iberis.
sempervirens.
Iris in variety.
Lathyrus Catifolius.
Lilium in variety.
Ligularia macrophylla.
Ligularia Sibirica.
Linum narbonense.
Lupinus polyphyllus.
annual varieties.
Lychnis chalcedonica.
dioica rubra fl. pl.
Lysimachia Nummularia aurea.
punctata.
Lythrum roseum superbum.
Matricaria inodora fl. pl.
Megasea cordifolia.
Monarda didyma.
Montbretia in variety.
Nymphoea in variety.
Œnothera eximea.
major.
Papaver orientale.
Panicum plecatum.
Pentstemon in variety.
Peonies in variety.
Petasites Japonica.
fragrans.
Phalaris arundinacea var.
elegantissima.
Phlox in variety.
Poa aquatica.
Polygonatum multiflorum.
Polygonum in variety.
Potentilla in variety.
Primula in variety.
Pyrethrum in variety.
Pulmonaria.
Rheum officinale.
rubrum.
Rudbeckia Caciniata fl. pl.
Newmanii.
Runex (giant water dock).
Salvia argentea.
patens.
Saxifrage in variety.
Scolopendrum vulgare.
Sedum in variety.
Sempervivum in variety.
Senecio Japonicus.
Solidago canadensis.
Virgaurea nana.
Shorti.
Spirœa in variety.
Spergula pilifera aurea.
Statice catifolia.
Symphytum officinale.
Thalictrum aquilegifolium.
lucidum.
Telekia speciosa.
Tradescantia virginica cœrulea.
Tritoma uvaria.
glancescens.
Trollius europœus.
japonicus.
Tpyha catifolia.
Veronica spicata.
Verbascum Olympicum.
Violas in variety.
Villarsia nymphœoides.
Vinca major.
minor alba.

BEDDING PLANTS USED IN HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS

Abutilon Thompsonii.
Sawitzi.
Acalypha musaica.
macafeeana.
Acacia lophantha.
Agapanthus umbellatus.
Agathæa cœlestis.
Ageratum in variety.
Alternanthera in variety.
Alyssum compactum.
maritima.
sweet.
Amaranthus in variety.
Antennaria tomentosa.
Antirrhinum in variety.
Asters in variety.
Asclepias curassavica.
Asparagus Sprengerii.
Beet.
Begonia in variety.
Bougainvillea glabra.
Bouvardia in variety.
Calceolaria in variety.
Caladium esculentum.
Campanula in variety.
Canna in variety.
Cannabis gigantea.
Candytuft in variety.
Cassia corymbosa.
Ceanothus Veitchii.
Celosia cristata.
pyramidalis.
Centaurea cyanus.
gymnocarpa.
ragusina compacta.
Chamœrops excelsa.
fortunei.
Chlorophyton elatum.
linare var.
Chrysanthemum in variety.
Cineraria maritima.
diamant.
Clarkia in variety.
Cobea scandeus.
Coleus verschaffeltii.
Collinsia.
Coreopsis Drummondi.
Convolvulus major.
Carnation in variety.
Cuphea platycentra.
Dactylis glomerata.
Dahlia in variety.
Daisies, double.
Dianthus glutinosus.
Dracœna australis.
draco.
Echevaria in variety.
Erythrina Crista-galli.
Eschscholtzia Ruby King.
Eucalyptus globulus.
Francoa ramosa.
Fuchsia in variety.
Gazania splendens.
Gaura Lindheimeri.
Gladiolas Meadowvale var.
Gnaphalium.
Godetia in variety.
Grevillea robusta.
Grasses, ornamental, in variety.
Gypsophila.
Heliotrope, President Garfield.
Hollyhocks in variety.
Holeus mollis var.
Humulus japonicus var.
Hyacinthus candicans.
Hydrangea hortensia.
paniculata grandiflora.
Impatiens balsamina.
Iresine brilliantissima.
Lindenii.
Kalanchœ.
Kentia Belmoreana.
Kochia scoparia.
Latania Corbonica.
Larkspur.
Leucophyton Brownii.
Lilium in variety.
Lobelia.
Lotus peliorhyncus.
Lupinus in variety.
Marguerites.
Marigolds.
Maurandya purpurea grandiflora.
Metrosideros floribunda.
Mesembryanthemum in variety.
Mignonette.
Musa enseta.
Musk.
Monstera delicosa.
Nasturtium.
Nerium Oleander gloriosum.
Nemesia strumosa.
Nicotiana affinis.
Sanderœ.
sylvestris.
Nigella Miss Jekyll.
Nierembergia gracilis.
Œnothera (evening primrose).
Œnothera speciosa.
Ophiopogon jaburam var.
Oreocoma candollei.
Pansies in variety.
Pelargoniums in variety.
Pentstemon in variety.
Phlox in variety.
Phoenix dactylifera.
reclinata.
Phormium tenax.
var.
Phyllanthus atropurpureus.
Plumbago capensis.
Polyanthus.
Poppy, French.
Shirley.
Ricinus Gibsoni.
communis major.
Salvia in variety.
Schizanthus Wisetonensis.
Sempervirens in variety.
Spergula pilfera aurea.
Streptosolon Jamesonii.
Strobilanthes Dyerianus.
Stocks, East Lothian.
Ten week.
Sweet Peas in variety.
Tuberose.
Verbena in variety.
Veronica Andersonii.
Viola in variety.
Zea Japonica var.
Zinnia elegans.

INDEX

Achilles statue, 12, 13, 255.

Adam de Thorpe, 33.

Adelaide, Queen, 256.

Addison, Joseph, 139, 144, 148.

Advertisements of theft, 221-223.

Albert Memorial, 263, 264.

Alexandra, Queen, coronation of, 332;
driving in Hyde Park, 11, 12.

America, public decorations in, 55.

Anne Boleyn, 38, 173, 333.

Anne, Queen, Hyde Park in time of, 136;
life of, 130;
planted trees in, 19;
society under, 136, 138;
suppressed Mayfair, 145.

Apsley House, 112;
dinner-party at, 257;
historic interests, 303-307;
Queen Charlotte at, 242;
site of, 165;
windows broken, 257.

Arlington, Lord, 105, 136.

Armstrong, Sir Thomas, 207.

Assassination Plot, 209.

Austen, Jane, 163, 164.

Bachelors and widowers, tax on, 132.

“Bagmen,” 357.

Banqueting houses, 30, 39, 43-46, 63.

Beaux, The, 146.

Bell rung in Hyde Park, 128.

Bicycling, 362, 363.

Bird Cage Walk, 97.

Birds, 3, 16, 23, 152, 318-323.

Blessington, Lady, 252-255.

Bolingbroke, Roger, 181-183.

Braybrooke, Robert, Bishop of London, 27.

Brembre, Nicholas, 181.

Brummel, Beau, 242, 248, 249.

Buckingham, Duchess of, 135, 148.

Buckingham, “Steenie,” Duke of, 70, 71, 336, 337.

Buckingham House, 136, 166.

Buckingham Palace, 56, 96, 105.

Building sites, 82, 91.

Burke, Edmund, 237.

Burlington House, 142.

Butchell, Martin van, 245.

Byron, Lord, 271, 286.

Cabriolets, 361.

Calash, 347.

Camps, Cromwell’s troops, 74, 75;
refuge from plague, 106, 110;
Old Pretender’s rebellion, 144;
Gordon Riots, 239.

Carlyle, Mrs. Jane Welsh, 249.

Caroline of Brunswick, 242, 246, 250-252.

Caroline Wilhelmina, Queen, improvements in Hyde Park, 19, 151-155;
smallpox victim, 135;
Sunday Drawing-rooms, 156.

Carriage, Evolution of, 325-365.

Carthusians at Tyburn, 10, 188-189.

Castlemaine, Lady, 101-104, 112, 113, 347.

Cavendish, Lord Frederick, 278-279.

Chairs, 10, 250.

Challenge, The, 272.

Chariots, Saxon, 326.

Charles I. made “Ring,” 19, 66;
hero of pageant, 57;
preserves game, 64;
social gatherings in Hyde Park, 65, 66;
supports Buckingham, 70;
domestic trouble, 70;
mourning for, 136;
a memory of, 145.

Charles II. attends Lord Mayor’s Show, 57;
Restoration, 94;
licentious Court, 95, 143;
leads fashion, 95-119;
treatment of regicides, 173, 203;
duelling under, 269;
his calash, 347.

Charlotte, Princess, 246.

Charlotte, Queen, 166;
at Apsley House, 242;
at review, 244.

Charters, 20, 22, 36.

Chase, definition of, 5.

Chaucer, 30.

Cheesecake House, 67, 111, 274.

Chelsea Waterworks, 153.

Chesterfield, 2nd Earl of, 120;
4th Earl of, 148, 151, 157;
5th Earl of, 230-231.

Churchill, Sir Winston, 269.

_Circus, The_, 131-134.

City Companies, 54, 56.

Coaches, introduced, 53, 333, 334;
“Flying coaches,” 355;
hackney, 32, 126, 137, 335;
mail, 353-354;
modern, 340-341;
stage, 339-352;
state, 350.

Coaching Club, 337.

Concerts, 14, 303.

Connaught Place, 5, 235.

Connaught Square, 202.

Connaught Terrace, 10.

Constitution Hill, 12, 29, 260.

Copenhagen, bicycling in, 362-363.

Coronation festivities, 250, 256, 258;
processions, 332-333.

Coventry, 162-165, 240.

Cricket, 7, 156.

Cromwell, Act passed by, 269;
adventures in Hyde Park, 90-91;
at a hurling match, 86;
funeral, 205;
indignities, 173, 203-205;
return from Ireland, 81;
troops in Hyde Park, 74-75.

Cumberland Gate, 239, 250-251, 260.

Cuthbert, Captain, 285.

Deane, Anthony, 82, 94.

Deer, 30, 50, 64, 81, 96.

Deerhurst, Lord, 240.

De Grammont, Count, 97, 104.

Demonstrations, 293-294.

Denmark, Kings of, 63, 170.

Devonshire, Georgiana, Duchess of, 162, 238, 240, 242.

Devonshire House, 6, 142.

Dialect of highwaymen, 226.

Dissolution of monasteries, 35.

Dodd, Dr., 230-232.

Domesday Book, 22, 24, 26.

Donegall, Marchioness of, 243.

Dorchester House, 240.

D’Orsay, Count, 254-255.

Duelling grounds, favourite, 271.

Duels in Hyde Park, 265-287.

Dunstan, St., 20, 22.

Dust, 89, 101, 115, 125, 132, 347-348.

Edgar, King, 19.

Edward the Confessor, 23, 25.

Edward I., 57.

Edward III., 33.

Edward VI., 43-46.

Edward VII., Coronation of, 332;
kindliness of, 56, 310;
motoring, 364;
special rights in Hyde Park, 12, 292.

Eia, Manor of, 22, 24, 26.

Elizabeth, Queen, abolished cock-fighting, 63;
victims at Tyburn, 185, 193, 196;
command to cooks of London, 52;
dress of, 59, 60;
death, 61;
pageantry, 54;
her suitors, 50-51;
hunting parties, 50-51, 152;
laws of, 141, 148;
triumphal progresses, 334.

“Elms, The,” 175-179.

Eubery, Manor of, 22, 36.

Evelyn, John, Diary, 83, 87-88;
biographical sketch, 98-100;
laughs at disinfectant, 110;
mentions fireworks, 116;
describes Mary II., 121;
visits nursery gardens, 137;
sees remains of regicides, 206.

Ewerer, Office of, 41.

Fair and festivities in 1814, 247-248.

Ferrers, Earl, 167-170.

Fielding, Beau, 146.

Fitzgeralds, Execution of the, 192.

Fitzherbert, 241-242.

Flower-girls, 146.

Flowers, 14, 312-313, 316-317, 373.

Flying coaches, 355.

Footpads, 122, 124, 157, 160, 213.

Forest, definition of, 4.

Forks, 40, 41.

Fortifications, 74-75.

Foster, Lady Elizabeth, 238.

Four-in-Hand Club, 7, 337, 353.

Fox, Charles James, 237-238, 286.

Friend, Sir John, 209-211.

Fuller, Dr., 77, 181.

Gardening, 151, 312-313.

Gardens, 4, 137, 151, 315.

Garrick, George, 277.

Gaunt, Elizabeth, 207-209.

Geoffrey de Mandeville, 24, 26.

George I., Court of, 134, 143;
review in Hyde Park, 144;
wall built by, 96.

George II., improvements in Hyde Park, 2, 151-155;
Court of, 135, 143, 148;
anecdote of, 165;
kindly deeds, 165.

George III., granted cottage to Mrs. Sims, 244;
illness of, 242;
shot at in Hyde Park, 243;
romance of, 165-166.

George IV., Coronation of, 250;
extravagance, 241-242;
lack of dignity, 245;
marriage, 241-242.

Gigs, 357.

Gloucester, Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of, 183-184.

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, 182-183.

Gordon, Cosmo, 281.

Gordon Riots, 239.

Gore House, 254-255.

Grave Maurice’s Head, 67.

Gravel Pits, 82, 276.

Great Conduit, 28, 29, 30, 56-57.

Great Exhibition of 1851, 261-263, 353.

Great Fire, 111-112, 141, 349.

Great Plague, 106-110, 141.

Grosvenor Gate, 156.

Gunnings, The, 161-162, 164-165, 240.

Hackney Coaches, introduced, 335;
not allowed in Hyde Park, 32, 126, 137.

Hamilton, Duchess of, 162.

Hamilton, Duke of, killed in duel, 273-274.

Hamilton, James, 96, 105.

Hamilton Place, 74, 96.

Hammercloths, 350.

Hanging, 10, 27, 168-170, 172-235.

Hansom cabs, 360-361.

Harold II., 23.

Henrietta Maria, Queen, at Tyburn, 70-73;
coach of, 338.

Henry I., 175.

Henry II., 175.

Henry III., 28.

Henry V., 57.

Henry VI., 57.

Henry VIII., acquired and enclosed Hyde Park, 4, 33-37;
accident, 37;
banquet, 39;
executions at Tyburn, 188-193;
expenses of, 42-43;
keeps May-Day at Greenwich, 38.

Herbert, Lord, 268-269.

Hervey, Lord and Lady, 148-151.

Highwaymen, 157, 160, 213, 226, 227-230.

Holland, First Lord, 237.

Horse litter, 327, 333.

Hunsdon, Lord, 50-51.

Hunting, 23, 26, 30, 35-37, 50-51, 61-65.

Hurling, 86-87.

Hyde, Manor of, 4, 22;
becomes Royal Park, 35-36;
given to monks, 24;
history of, 33.

Hyde Park, Achilles statue in, 12, 13, 255;
banqueting houses in, 39, 45-46, 63;
beaux in, 146;
bell rung in, 128;
birds in, 3, 16, 23, 152, 318-323;
building sites in, 82, 91;
camps in, 74-75, 106-110, 144, 239;
chairs in, 10, 250;
coaching club in, 337;
coronation festivities, 250, 256-258;
cricket in, 7, 156;
deer in, 33, 50, 64, 81, 90;
demonstrations in, 293-294;
duels in, 265-287;
early history of, 19-33;
fairs in, 247, 258;
flower-girls in, 146;
flowers in, 14, 312-313, 316-317, 371;
footpads in, 122-124, 157, 160, 213;
fortifications in, 74-75;
Four-in-Hand Club, 7, 337, 353;
gardening in, 151, 312-313;
Great Exhibition of 1851, in, 261-263;
lighting of, 123-124;
lists of shrubs and trees, etc., 367-371;
lodges in, 66, 111, 153;
macarnis in, 170, 236;
masks in, 120, 126-127;
May-Day in, 80-87;
monastic lands, 24;
music in, 303;
open air services in, 301-303;
orange girls in, 120-121, 146;
orchards in, 2, 96, 105;
Pepys in, 100-116;
playground of Society, 66;
police in, 293-295;
purchasers of, 82;
poachers in, 52, 64, 317;
races in the Ring, 38, 66, 73;

Ranger’s Lodge in, 14, 66;
Restoration festivities in, 94;
riders in Rotten Row, 290-292;
a Royal forest, 23;
a Royal park, 33-36;
sold by auction, 81;
suffragists in, 171, 295-297;
Sunday in, 12, 133, 138, 143, 164, 245, 247-248, 296, 298;
under the Puritans, 79-91;
veterans in, 310;
wall round, 6, 8, 49, 96, 137, 144, 256;
wooden paling round, 36, 137.

Hyde Park Corner, 13;
Allen’s stall at, 165, 304;
Burton’s Arch, 261;
Charles II. at, 119;
Royal escort at, 54;
traffic at, 159;
Wyatt’s troops near, 47-50.

Improvements in Hyde Park, 151-155, 261.

James I., duelling under, 268;
encourages silk industry, 96;
hunts in Hyde Park, 63;
law against building, 142;
restores cock-fighting, 63;
strict preserver of game, 62-65;
Spring Gardens so called by, 91.

James II., 111, 119-120, 129-130, 136.

Jennings, Sarah, 130.

John of Gaunt, 33.

John, King, 178.

Jonson, Ben, 9, 41, 268.

Kensingston Gardens, 2, 36, 151;
servants and dogs not allowed therein, 6, 139, 143;
habitués of, 16;
improvements in, 151-155;
in May, 245;
mysterious person in, 129;
“Physical Energy” in, 307;
Round Pond, 154;
tea kiosks in, 92.

Kensington Palace bought, 122;
death of Mary II., 129;
Queen Victoria born, 2.

Kildare, Earl of, 190-192.

Kingsborough, Lord, 283-285.

Kingston, Dukes of, 134, 158.

Kingstown, Earl of, 284-285.

Kit-cat Club, 135.

Knightsbridge, Barracks, 11;
origin of word, 23;
building at, 82;
Pepys at, 116;
robbers, 122, 160, 213;
view in 1719, 145.

Ladies’ Clubs, 309.

Lake House, 67.

Lanesborough House, 156.

Lecture ground, the, 124.

Lennox, Lady Sarah, 166, 238, 353.

_L’entente cordiale_, 264.

Leper Hospital, 34-35.

Letters, from Mrs. Merricke to Mrs. Lydall, 68.

—— Charles I. to Duke of Buckingham, 71.

—— John Barber to Mr. Scudamore, 87.

—— Edward Harley to his father, 116-117.

—— Lady Mary Bertie to her niece, 116.

—— Lady Rachel Russell to Lady Granby, 117.

—— Lady Chaworth to Lord Ross, 117.

—— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to her husband, 134.

—— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to Countess of Mar, 149-150.

—— Joseph Addison to a friend, 144.

—— Lord Chesterfield to Mr. Dayrolles, 157.

—— Horace Walpole to Horace Mann, 227-230.

—— Duchess of Gloucester to Queen Victoria, 262.

—— Queen Victoria to King of the Belgians, 263.

List of Flowers in Hyde Park, 373.

List of Shrubs and Trees, 367.

Littlington, Nicholas, 33.

Liver Brigade, 15-16.

Lodges in Hyde Park, 66-67, 111-112, 153.

London, cooks of, 51;
keeping May-Day, 84-85;
pageantry of, 55-57;
primitive, 3, 20;
public vehicles of, 337-361;
siege of, 47;
streams of, 22;
water supply of, 29.

London Bridge, 47, 192.

Longbeard, William, 175-177.

Lonsdale, 285.

Lopez, Dr., 10, 196-197.

Lord Mayor’s coach, 350.

Louis XVIII. of France, 247, 264.

Macaronis, 170-171, 236.

MᶜLean, the highwayman, 227-230.

Maid of Kent, 10, 192.

Mail coaches, 353-354.

Marble Arch, 6;
history of, 260-261;
near site of Tyburn, 8, 172;
speakers near, 298;
traffic at, 159-160;
used only by the King and Queen, 12.

Mary Tudor, Queen, hunting, 26;
reign of, 47.

Mary II., Queen, 121-124;
held reviews, 129;
ill with smallpox, 129;
her death, 130.

Marybone Park, 43, 51, 64.

Marybone Tea Gardens, 93.

Marylebone, 27, 28.

Masks, 120, 126-127.

May-Day, 80-87, 89, 100-101, 112-114, 338.

May-Day Games, 38, 63, 84, 87-89, 145.

May Fair, 145, 157, 304.

Mexican saddles, 329.

Middleton, Gilbert, 179.

_Milton’s Paradise Lost_, 240.

Modern coaches, 340-347.

Mohun, Lord, 273-274.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 134-135, 148.

Montagu, Mrs., 86, 157, 163.

Montgomery, Colonel, 285-286.

Mortimer, Roger, 180.

Motors, 13, 17, 361, 363-364.

Mulberry Gardens, 96-97, 105.

Music in Hyde Park, 252, 303.

Newcastle, Duchess of, 112-113.

Newfoundland dog causes duel, 286.

Newgate, description of, 212, 220;
fashion at, 158, 227, 230;
hangings at, 186, 284.

Newspaper duels, 274, 280, 281.

New York, omnibus in, 359.

Neyt, Manor of, 22, 36.

Neyt House, 33.

Northampton, Earl of, 77.

Norwegian sledges, 355.

Nottingham, Earl of, 122.

“Old Q,” 240.

Oliver’s Mount, 75.

Omnibus, horse, 358;
steam, 358;
first, 359.

Open-air services, 301-303.

Opposition to coaches, 339, 348-349.

Orange girls, 120-121, 146.

Orchard, 2, 96, 105.

Orme Square, 82.

O’Royrke, Bren, 195-196.

Pack-horses, 331.

Pageantry, 55-58.

_Paile Maille_, 97.

Park, definition of, 5.

Park Lane, 2, 157, 240, 250, 304.

Paul’s Walk, 83.

Pepys, Samuel, biographical sketch, 99;
opinions of Hyde Park, 100-116;
of Shirley’s play, 9, 206.

Penn, William, 208-209.

Persian Ambassador, 206.

Petersham, Lord, 246.

Piccadilly, 21, 60, 224, 240-241, 309.

Pillions, 326, 333.

Pitt, William Earl of Chatham, 167, 237.

Pitt, William, the younger, 237, 286.

Plunket, Oliver, 206.

Post-chaise, 350-351.

Prayer-Book Brigade, 12.

Present day celebrities in Hyde Park, 290-292.

Preservation of game, 23, 36, 50-51, 62-64.

Prince Albert, 259-264.

Prince of Wales, The, 56, 290.

Princess Charlotte, 246.

Pump at Westminster, 32-33.

Purchasers of Hyde Park, 82, 94.

“Queen’s House,” The, 166.

Rabbits, 313.

Races, 38, 66, 73.

Railroads, 358.

Ranger’s Lodge, 14, 66.

“Rebecca Riots,” 357.

Reform League, 7.

Reviews in Hyde Park, 50, 102, 113, 115, 129, 144, 243-244, 264,
309-310.

Rhododendrons, 315.

Riding astride, 328.

Ring, The, abolished, 153;
duels near, 270;
established, 19, 66;
races in, 73.

“Roase Inn, The,” 145-146.

Roberts, Lord, 310.

Rotten Row, as a tan ride, 19;
derivation of name, 155;
“Liver Brigade” in, 15;
made, 155;
present habitués of, 290-292.

Royal Coach, 352-353.

Royal Mews, 29, 30, 97.

Rutland Gate, 158.

Rye House Plot, 208.

St. Dunstan, 19.

St. George’s Hospital, 157.

St. James’s Palace, 34-35, 123-124.

St. James’s Park, acquired, 34-35;
Evelyn writes of, 88;
hunting in, 62-63,
skating in, 245;
Society in, 53-54, 96-97, 117-118;
water supply of, 153-154;
Wyatt’s troops in, 48-50.

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 83, 136, 138.

Salisbury, The Marchioness of, 242.

Satire on the “Ring,” 131-134.

Sedan chairs, 335-337.

Serpentine, formation of, 2, 150-155;
life-saving on, 127;
naval engagement on, 248;
skating on, 170, 241, 244, 259;
suicide in, 249;
wild fowl on, 318.

Servants’ gossip, 139.

Shelburne, Earl of, 278-279.

Sheppard, Jack, 173, 214-219.

Sheridan, Brinsley, 237, 271.

Shopping in the eighteenth century, 158.

Shrubs, 367.

Sicilian carts, 355.

Side-saddles, 328.

Skating, 156, 170, 241, 244, 259.

Speeches in Hyde Park, 296-300.

Spring Gardens, 34, 83, 91, 96, 125.

Springs in Hyde Park, 32, 65, 244.

Stage coaches, 339, 352.

State coaches, 350.

Steel shutters, 353.

Steel springs, 352.

Student’s duel, 282-283.

Suffragists, 171, 295-297.

Sundays in Hyde Park, 12, 133, 138, 143, 164, 245, 247-248,
296, 298.

Tangiers, dining out in, 335.

Targets, 239.

Tax on bachelors, 123;
on foreign merchants, 29.

Taximeter cabs, 13, 361.

Thomas, Colonel, 281-282.

Thrale, Mrs., 112, 165, 353.

Toll-gates, 357.

Tracy, John, 82.

Travelling in Middle Ages, 330-331.

Trees, 26, 65, 120, 314-315, 367.

Trinobantes, 20, 364.

Turner, Mrs., 198-199.

Turnpike gates, 357-358.

Turnpike roads, 335.

Tyburn, atrocities at, 180-186;
early chronicles of, 172-199;
Earl Ferrers at, 167-170;
grim records of, 8-10;
the Triple Tree, 200-235;
last execution at, 234.

Tyburn Gate, 9.

Tyburn Lane, 157, 173.

Tyburn Meadow, 81.

Tyburn Road, 20, 75, 173, 180.

Tyburn Stream, 20-22, 35, 145;
conduits, 28-29;
flows through sewers, 22, 174;
high holiday at the, 30;
water good, 32.

Tyburn Tablet, 8.

Tyburn Ticket, 128, 223.

Vehicle, first public, 335.

Veterans, Indian Mutiny, 310.

Via Trinobantia, 20.

Victoria, Queen, birth of, 2;
coronation festivities, 258-259;
fired at, 260;
funeral of, 252;
opens Great Exhibition, 261-264;
review, 264.

Waggons, 355-357.

Wall round Hyde Park, 6, 8, 49, 96, 137, 144, 256.

Warbeck, Perkin, 186-188.

Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, 180.

Watts, G. F., 308-309.

Wellington, The Duke of, 128;
adorns the park, 243;
anecdotes of, 257-258;
as a duellist, 286;
his daily life of, 303-307.

Westbourne, The, 21-23, 145, 152-154.

Westbrook, Harriet, 249.

Westminster Abbey, 21, 24, 32, 36, 130, 136, 145.

Westminster Hospital, 157.

Westminster, monastery at, 20, 24, 35-36;
pump at, 32-33.

_Westminster Gazette, The_, 171.

Whirlicote, 329.

Whitehall, a Royal possession, 33-36;
burning of palace, 122.

Wilberforce, William, 237, 254.

Wilcox, Richard, 82.

Wild, Jonathan, 173, 219-225.

Wilkes, John, 237, 274-276.

William the Conqueror, 24.

William III., buys Kensington Palace, 122;
law of, 126, 128;
lights Hyde Park, 123.

William IV., 256-257.

Wise, Henry, 137.

Wolsey, Cardinal, 33.

Wooden paling, 36, 137.

Wyatt’s rebellion, 47-50.

Yellow Book, The, 89.

Yeomen of the Guard, 43.

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Transcriber’s note:

The spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and accentuation are as the original, except for apparent typographical errors which have been corrected.

One paragraph contains an unpaired round bracket which could not be corrected with confidence.