Chapter XVI: Appendix: To Private Gardens

CHARLTON

Owing to unavoidable circumstances it was not possible to include Charlton in the foregoing chapter on private gardens, but some account of this place of historic interest is necessary to complete this book. Further from the centres of fashion, on the eastern limits of London, it has not been the scene of such brilliant assemblies as Holland House on the west; yet its early days share that speculative fascination which gathers round the personality of Henry, Prince of Wales, who figures for such a short time on the pages of English history. Only two miles from Greenwich, in the hundred of Blackheath, lies the manor of Charlton, which was bestowed by William the Conqueror on his half-brother, Odo of Bayeux. Later on it passed by gift to the Priory of Bermondsey, and so remained until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it became crown land until James I. gave it to Sir Adam Newton, “who built a goodly brave house” thereon. Born in Scotland, Sir Adam had spent much of his life in France, and passing himself off as a priest, had taught Greek at St. Maixant in Poitou. On his return to Scotland in 1600, he was appointed tutor to Prince Henry, and was in attendance on him as secretary when the Prince grew up. In 1607 he commenced to build Charlton for him, Inigo Jones being the architect, and after the Prince’s death in 1612, the King granted Sir Adam the manor, in lieu of payment for the expenses he had incurred in building the house. The owner of Charlton continued to enjoy royal favour, became Treasurer of the Household to Prince Charles, was created a baronet in 1620, and married a daughter of Sir John Puckering, who had been Keeper of the Great Seal to Queen Elizabeth. His second son, Sir Henry Newton, who succeeded him at Charlton, and took the name of Puckering from estates inherited from his uncle, was an ardent supporter of Charles I. He sold the property to Sir William Ducie, Viscount Downe, at whose death it was again sold. The purchaser, Sir William Langhorne, was a wealthy East India merchant, who was, from 1670 to 1677, Governor of Madras. On his death it passed by entail to his cousin Mrs. Maryon, and eventually to her great-granddaughter, the wife of Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, in whose family Charlton still remains.

The gardens show traces of all the many owners, and in spite of the growth of London and its attendant drawbacks, they are still charming. The house stands in about 150 acres of undulating deer park, with some fine old trees, an avenue of English elms on the east, and one of horse-chestnuts, forming the approach on the west. Perhaps the planting of the tulip tree near the present lodge was due to John Evelyn, the friend of Sir Henry Puckering. Evelyn’s liking for tulip trees is well known, and this specimen looks old enough to claim his acquaintance. The two shattered but grand old mulberry trees probably date from the year 1609, when James I. encouraged all his subjects to plant them, and tradition points to one as the first brought to England. There is an immense horse-chestnut on the lawn, with a wide spread of branches which are rooted in the ground all round, and among the evergreen oaks and other attractive trees in the “Wilderness,” a Judas of great age is remarkable. The small house standing near the road which passes the parish church, known as the “Guard House,” recalls the time when Prince Henry was living there, and his guard of honour kept watch near the entrance. The stables are just as they were built by Inigo Jones, and the little “Dutch” walled garden which adjoins them on one side is also a pretty relic of those days, and the “Gooseberry Garden” near it is a survival of the same period. A walk overshadowed by tall yew trees stretches across and along the main part of the grounds, and hidden away near its southern end is a delightful rose garden. The beautiful lead fountain in the centre must have been put there by Sir William Langhorne. His initials appear on the leaden tank, and the spray rises from a basin held up by a charming little cupid standing on a pedestal surrounded by swans. The same group appears without the tank in another part of the garden, and there are lead vases and figures, and a cistern dated 1777, which add greatly to the old-world charm which still lingers. Chemical works and sulphurous fumes now work deadly havoc among the old trees, but everything that modern science can recommend is done to preserve them, and young ones planted to keep up the traditions, and bridge over the centuries dividing the present from the days of Prince Henry and his learned and courtly tutor.

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(_The date does not always refer to the first edition, but to the one consulted._)

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HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS

LIST OF TREES AND SHRUBS

_N.B._--Those marked thus * are not in existence at the present time. A small number proved unsuitable for London, and others have been removed from the plantations for various reasons.

Acer campestre.
„ circinatum.
„ creticum.
„ dasycarpum.
„ macrophyllum.
„ Negundo.
„ „ foliis variegatis.
„ palmatum.
„ platanoides.
„ „ Reitenbachii.
„ „ Schwedleri.
„ Pseudo-platanus.
„ „ „ foliis variegatis.
„ „ „ purpureum.
„ rubrum.
„ saccharum.
„ saccharum nigrum.
„ tartaricum.
Æsculus Hippocastanum.
„ „ laciniata.
„ „ rubicunda.
Ailantus glandulosa.
Alnus barbata.
„ glutinosa.
„ „ incisa.
„ „ laciniata.
„ „ quercifolia.
Amorpha fruticosa.
Amygdalus (Prunus) communis.
„ „ „ amara.
Amygdalus communis macrocarpa.
„ nana.
Amelanchier canadensis.
„ vulgaris.
Aralia chinensis.
„ spinosa.
Arbutus Andrachne.
„ Unedo.
„ „ rubra.
Aristolochia Sipho.
Armeniaca (Prunus) sibirica.
Artemisia arborescens.
Asimina triloba.
Aucuba japonica.
„ „ maculata.
„ „ viridis.
Azalea (Rhododendron) sinense.
„ pontica.
„ nudiflorum.

Berberis Aquifolium.
„ Darwinii.
„ Fortunei.
„ japonica.*
„ repens.
„ stenophylla.
„ vulgaris.
„ „ foliis purpureis.
Betula alba.
„ „ pendula.
Betula fruticosa.
„ lenta.
„ nana.
„ nigra.
„ populifolia.
„ urticifolia.
Buxus balearica.
„ caucasica.
„ sempervirens arborescens.
„ „ aureo-marginita.

Caragana arborescens.
„ Chamluga.
„ frutescens.
„ spinosa.
Carpinus betulus.
Carya amara.
Caryopteris Mastacanthus.
Castanea sativa.
Catalpa bignonioides.
Cedrus Deodora.*
„ Libani.
Cerasus. _See_ Prunus.
Cercis Siliquastrum.
Cistus florentinus.
„ ladaniferus.
„ monspeliensis.
Clematis Flammula.
„ Jackmani.
„ montana.
„ Vitalba.
Celtis Tournefortii.
Clerodendron trichotomum.
Colutea arborescens.
Cornus alba.
„ „ Spæthii.
„ Mas.
„ „ aurea elegantissima.
„ „ variegata.
„ sanguinea.
„ stolonifera.
Coronilla Emerus.
Coryllus Avellana.
„ maxima atropurpurea.
Cotoneaster acuminata.
„ bacillaris.
Cotoneaster frigida.
„ horizontalis.
„ microphylla.
„ Nummularia.
„ Simmonsii.
Cratægus altaica.
„ Azarolus.
„ coccinea.
„ cordata.
„ „ accrifolia.
„ „ maxima.
„ Crus-galli.
„ „ ovalifolium.
„ „ pyracanthafolia.
„ „ splendens.
„ dippeliana.
„ heterophylla.
„ macrantha.
„ nigra.
„ orientalis.
„ Oxyacantha.
„ „ aurea.
„ „ eriocarpa.
„ „ flexuosa.
„ „ flore pleno albo.
„ „ flore pleno coccineo.
„ „ flore pleno puniceo.
„ „ flore pleno roseo.
„ „ flore pleno rubro.
„ „ flore roseo.
„ „ laciniata.
„ „ pendula.
„ „ præcox.
„ „ quercifolia.
„ „ stricta.
„ punctata.
„ „ brevispina.
„ „ xanthocarpa.
„ pyracantha.
„ „ Lalandi.
„ siniaca.
„ spathulata.
„ tanacetifolia.
Cupressus Lawsoniana.*
„ Nootkatensis.*
„ sempervirens.*
Cydonia japonica.
„ Maulei.
„ vulgaris lusitanica.
„ „ maliformis.
Cytisus albus.
„ alpinus.
„ nigricans.
„ præcox.
„ racemosus.
„ scoparius.
„ sessilifolius.
„ tinctoria.

Daphne Mezereum.
„ pontica.
Diospyros Lotus.
„ virginiana.
Diplopappus chrysophylla.
Deutzia crenata.
„ „ flore pleno.
„ „ gracilis.
„ scabra.

Elæagnus angustifolia.
„ argentea.
Euonymus europæus.
„ „ fructo albo.
„ japonicus.
„ „ argenteus.
„ „ aureo-variegatus.
„ „ radicans.
„ „ „ foliis pictis.
„ latifolius.

Fagus sylvatica.
„ „ cuprea.
„ „ pendula.
„ „ purpurea.
„ „ „ pendula.
Fatsia japonica.
Ficus Carica.
Fontanesia phillyræoides.
Forsythia intermedia.
„ suspensa.
„ viridissima.
Fraxinus americana cinerea.
„ „ elliptica.
„ „ juglandifolia.
„ excelsior.
„ „ angustifolia.
„ „ aurea.
„ „ heterophylla.
„ „ pendula.
„ Ornus.
„ „ angustifolia.
„ parvifolia.

Genista hispanica.
Gleditschia triacanthos.
„ sinensis.
„ „ nana.
Gymnocladus canadensis.

Halesia diptera.
„ tetraptera.
Halimodendron argenteum.
Hamamelis virginica.
Hedera Helix.
„ „ arborescens.
„ „ caenwoodiana.
„ „ canariensis.
„ „ „ arborescens.
„ „ chrysocarpa.
„ „ colchica.
„ „ dentata.
„ „ digitata.
„ „ lucida.
„ „ maderensis variegata.
„ „ minima.
„ „ taurica.
„ „ variegata.
Hibiscus syriacus--and numerous garden varieties.
Hippophæ rhamnoides.
„ salicifolia.
Hydrangea hortensia.
„ paniculata grandiflora.
Hypericum calycinum.
„ elatum.
„ hircinum.
„ patulum.

Ilex Aquifolium.
„ „ albo-picta.
„ „ altaclerense.
„ „ angustifolia.
„ „ „ variegata.
„ „ argentea variegata.
„ „ argentea marginata.
„ „ aureo-picta.
„ „ aureo-regina.
„ „ balearica.
„ „ camelliæfolia.
„ „ ferox.
„ „ „ argentea.
„ „ „ aurea.
„ „ fructo luteo.
„ „ heterophylla.
„ „ Hodginsii.
„ „ latispina.
„ „ laurifolia.
„ „ myrtifolia.
„ „ recurva.
„ „ scotica.
„ „ Shepherdii.
„ „ Watereriana.
„ dipyrena
„ latifolia.
„ opaca.

Jasminum fruticans.
„ humile.
„ nudiflorum.
„ officinale.
Juniperus chinensis.*
„ communis.*
„ nana.*
„ Sabina tamariscifolia.
„ „ procumbens.
„ virginiana.*
Juglans cinerea.
„ nigra.
„ regia.

Kerria japonica.
Koelreuteria paniculata.

Laburnum alpinum.
„ vulgare.
„ „ quercifolium.
„ „ Watereri.
Laurus nobilis.
Leycesteria formosa.
Ligustrum Ibota.
„ japonicum.
„ lucidum.
„ ovalifolium.
„ „ foliis aureis.
„ Quihoui.
„ vulgare.
Liquidamber styraciflua.
Liriodendron tulipifera.
Lonicera Caprifolium.
„ flexuosa.
„ involucrata.
„ Periclymenum.
Lycium chinense.
„ hamilifolium.*

Magnolia acuminata.
„ conspicua.
„ „ Soulangeana.
„ grandiflora.
„ stellata.
Morus alba.
„ „ pendula.
„ nigra.

Osmanthus Aquifolium ilicifolius.

Pavia (Æsculus) flava.
„ „ purpurascens.
„ glabra arguta.
„ humulis.
„ neglecta.
„ parvifolia.
„ rubra.
Philadelphus coronarius.
„ „ tomentosus.
„ floribundus.
„ „ verrucosus.
„ Gordonianus.
„ grandiflorus floribundus.
„ hirsutus.
„ inodorus.
„ Lemoinei.
Phillyrea angustifolium.
„ decora.
„ latifolia.
Photinia serrulata.
Pinus cembra.*
„ insignis.*
„ Laricio.*
„ sylvestris.
Planera aquatica.*
„ Richardi.*
Platanus accrifolia.
Populus alba.
„ „ pyramidalis (bolleana).
„ balsamifera.
„ canescens.
„ deltoidea.
„ „ aurea.
„ macrophylla.
„ nigra.
„ „ betulæfolia.
„ „ pyramidalis.
„ tremula.
„ „ pendula.
Prunus including Cerasus and persica.
„ persica camelliæflora.
„ „ flore roseo pleno.
„ „ „ alba pleno.
„ „ dianthiflora pleno.
„ Avium.
„ „ flore pleno.
„ „ pendula.
„ cerasifera.
„ „ atropurpureum.
„ communis.
„ (Cerasus) acida semperflorens.
„ japonicas flore roseo pleno.
„ pseudo-cerasus.
„ (Padus) Mahaleb.
„ „ pendula.
„ Padus.
„ rotundifolia.
„ serotina.
„ (Laurocerasus) caucasica.
„ „ colchica.
„ „ Laurocerasus.
„ serrulata.
„ spinosa.
„ triloba.
„ Watereri.
Ptelea trifoliata.
Pterocarya caucasica.
Pyrus Aria.
„ „ salicifolia.
„ „ undulata.
„ amygdaliformis.
„ arbutifolia.
„ Aucuparia.
„ auricularis.
„ baccata.
„ communis.
„ floribunda.
„ hybrida.
„ intermedia.
„ lanata.
„ malus astracanica.
„ nivalis.
„ pinnatifida.
„ rivularis.
„ spectabilis.

Quercus Ægilops.
„ cerris.
„ „ cana-major.
„ „ cana-minor.
„ „ fulhamensis.
„ coccinea.
„ fastigiata.
„ filicifolia.
„ Ilex.
„ „ Gramuntia.
„ lucombeana.
„ palustris.
„ pedunculata.
„ „ fastigiata.
„ rubra.
„ „ longifolia.
„ Suber.

Rhamnus Alaternus maculata.
„ alpina.
„ cathartica.
„ Frangula.
„ infectoria.
Rhododendron Cunninghami.
„ dauricum.
„ hybrids in variety.
„ ponticum.
„ præcox.
Rhus canadensis.
„ copallina.
„ cotinus.
„ glabra laciniata.
„ typhina.
„ „ frutescens.
Ribes alpinum.
„ „ pumilum.
„ aureum.
„ „ præcox.
„ Diacantha.
„ nigrum variegatum.
„ Sanguineum.
„ „ albidum.
Robinia hispida.
„ inermis.
„ Pseudacacia.
„ „ angustifolium.
„ „ bessoniana.
„ „ Decaisneana.
„ „ dubea.
„ „ elegans.
„ „ fastigiata.
„ „ heterophylla.
„ „ inermis.
„ „ monophylla.
„ „ semperflorens.
„ „ tortuosa.
„ viscosa.
Rosa arvensis.
„ Banksiæ.
„ canina.
„ damascena.
„ gallica centifolia.
„ „ muscosa.
„ indica.
„ multiflora.
„ noisettiana.
„ rubiginosa.
„ rugosa.
„ „ flore pleno.
„ wichuraiana.
„ hybrids in variety.
Rosmarinus officinalis.
Rubus fruticosus.
„ „ albo-pleno.
„ „ rubra-pleno.
„ laciniatus.
„ nutkanus.
Ruscus aculeatus.

Salisburia (Ginkgo) adiantifolia.
Salix alba.
„ babylonica.
„ Caprea.
„ daphnoides.
„ rosmarinifolia.
„ viminalis.
Sambucus nigra.
„ „ laciniata.
„ „ foliis aureis.
„ racemosa.
„ „ plumosa.
„ „ „ aurea.
Skimmia Fortunei.
„ japonica.
Spartium junceum.
Smilax aspera.
„ glauca.
„ rotundifolia.
Sophora japonica.
Spiræa bullata.
„ canescens.
„ cantoniensis.*
„ chamædrifolia.*
„ discolor.*
„ japonica.*
„ „ Bumalda.
„ prunifolia flore pleno.
„ salicifolia.
„ sorbifolia.
„ Thunbergii.
Symphoricarpus orbiculatus.
„ racemosus.
Syringa Emodi.
„ Josikæa.
„ persica.
„ „ alba.
„ vulgaris.
And many garden varieties.

Taxodium distichum.
Taxus baccata.
„ „ adpressa.
„ „ „ aurea.
„ „ Dovastoni.
„ „ fastigiata.
„ „ fructo luteo.
„ canadensis.
„ cuspidata.
Thuja dolobrata.*
„ japonica.*
„ occidentalis.
„ orientalis.
„ „ aureo-variegata.
„ plicata.*
Tilia americana.
„ argentea.
„ cordata.
„ dasystyla.
„ petiolaris.
„ platyphyllus asplenifolia.
„ vulgaris.

Ulex europæus.
„ „ flore pleno.
„ nanus.
Ulmus americanus.
„ „ pendula.
„ campestris.
„ „ Louis van Houtte.
„ „ sarniensis.
„ „ Wheatleyi.
„ glabra.
„ „ cornubiensis.
„ „ stricta.
„ montana.
„ „ atropurpureum.
„ „ fastigiata aurea.
„ „ pendula.
„ „ vegeta.
„ pedunculata.

Veronica cupressoides.
„ Traversii.
Viburnum dentatum.
„ Lantana.
„ Lentago.
„ Opulus.
„ „ sterile.
„ Tinus.
„ „ hirtum.
„ plicatum.

Weigela (Diervilla) florida.
„ hybrida.
„ Looymansi aurea.
Wistaria chinensis.
„ multijuga.

Xanthorrhiza apiifolia.*

Yucca angustifolia.
„ filamentosa.
„ „ flaccida.
„ gloriosa.
„ recurvifolia.

EXAMPLES OF PLANTING FLOWER-BEDS IN HYDE PARK IN 1905–6

BED 1.

1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:--Hyacinths, margin of Saxifrage. Day Lily, thinly planted, for bright green foliage growing up with and above the Hyacinths.

2. Spring planting for early summer flowers:--Pansies for margin 18 inches wide, the centre of bed planted with Ragged Robin.

3. Summer planting for later summer and autumn display:--Large plants of Calceolaria Burbidgeii 8 feet high, Cassia corymbosa 6 feet high, Heliotrope 6 feet to 7 feet high, finishing off with Nicotiana affinis and sylvestris, Lantana Drap d’Or with Lilium longifiorum interspersed.

BED 2.

1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:---Tulips, margin of Saxifrage. Iris germanica for foliage planted thinly with bulbs.

2. Delphiniums, deep blue, 18 inch margin of yellow Pansies.

3. Broad margin of Dell’s dark Beet, remainder of bed well planted with Cannas, Alphonse Bouvier, and Flambeau, brilliant crimson flowers.

BED 3.

1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:---Narcissus Emperor with a 6 to 1 mixture of Hyacinth King of the Blues, margin of Saxifrage.

2. Broad margin of Pansies, remainder of bed filled with Erigeron speciosum.

3. Large plants in pots of Ivy-leaved Pelargonium Madame Crousse, 6 feet high, placed 5 feet apart. Margin and intermediate spaces planted with dwarf plants of a deeper coloured Ivy-leaved Pelargonium.

BED 4.

1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:---Hyacinths Czar Peter, light-blue, Gigantea blush, margin of Saxifrage.

2. Dictamnus in two colours, about 2 feet apart, ground of bed Anemone coronaria margined with Saxifraga Camposii.

3. Gymnothrix latifolia, Kochia scoparia tricophylla interspersed with Acalypha musaica.

BED 5.

1. Dark Wallflowers with margin of Gardiner’s Garter (Phalaris).

2. Pelargonium Achievement 4 feet high and 4 feet apart, centre of bed and margin planted with dwarf plants of same variety.

3. Celosia pyramidalis crimson and gold, with some crimson Cockscombs intermixed, the remaining portion of bed thickly planted to the margin with Leucophytum Brownii.

BED 6.

1. Autumn planting for spring flowers:--Hyacinth Grande Maitre, blue.

2. An interesting combination of the following flowers in rotation, fresh ones being introduced as others faded:--Linum perenne, Ixias, Sparaxis, and Calochortus, in variety, Oxalis rosea, Camassia esculenta, Lychnis Viscaria, Crassula coccinea, Balsams with double pink blooms. The setting for these flowers was a variegated grass. A good effect was the result for many weeks.

3. For the remainder of the season this bed was filled with a succession of Lilium speciosum roseum on a green ground, with a margin of Agathea cœlestis.

ERRATA

Page 16, line 24, _for_ ‘Sir John Sloane’ _read_ ‘Sir Hans Sloane.’
„ 42, „ 4, _for_ ‘places’ _read_ ‘plans.’
„ 77, „ 15, _for_ ‘Quintinge’ _read_ ‘Quintinye.’
„ 241, „ 7, _for_ ‘battle of Alma’ _read_ ‘battle of the Alma.’

FOOTNOTES

[1] Close Roll, Henry VII.

[2] MSS. Manor Roll in the Record Office.

[3] MSS. Manor Roll, Archives of Ely Cathedral.

[4] See Alexander Necham, _De Naturis Rerum_, twelfth century.

[5] Stowe, “Survey of London.”

[6] Stowe’s “Survey of London.”

[7] See p. 171.

[8] As Vauxhall is not included in Lieut.-Col. Sexby’s exhaustive book, the following details are not very accessible. It was bought from Mr. Cobeldick for £43,500.

Made up by Lambeth Vestry £11,746 17 6
„ Charity Commissioners 12,500 0 0
„ London County Council 11,746 17 6
„ Donations and other sources 7,506 5 0
-----------
£43,500 0 0

The fencing and laying out was done by the Kyrle Society. The Park was opened by the present King and Queen, July 7, 1890.

[9] See “Chitty’s Statutes,” by J. M. Lely, under “Metropolis.”

[10] See page 12.

INDEX

A

Acreage of Parks, 4, 121

Aiglio, 241

Albert Memorial, 50

Alma-Tadema, Sir Laurence, 334

Alpine plants, 330

Anne Boleyn, 110

---- of Cleves, 110

---- Queen, 41

Annual flowers, 331

Apothecaries’ Garden, Chelsea, 317

Archbishop’s Park, 307

Archery, 96, 97

Argyll Lodge, 344

Artillery Garden, 292

---- Ground, 10, 291

Austin Friars, 14

Avery Hill, 183

Avondale Park, 130

B

Bacon and Gray’s Inn, 283

Balloon ascents, 292

Bank of England, 258

Banqueting-houses, 26, 85, 86, 112

Barnard’s Inn, 263

Battersea enamel, 155

Battersea Park, 120, 155–161

---- bicycling in, 161

---- chrysanthemums in, 160

---- duel in, 157

---- early history of, 156

---- Red House in, 156

---- sub-tropical garden in, 158

Bayard’s Castle, 8

Bergne, Lady, garden in Kensington, 335

Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam), 237

Bethnal Green Gardens, 134

Birdcage Walk, 61

Birds, wild, in Greenwich Park, 117

---- in Victoria Park, 139

---- on Hampstead Heath, 198

Blackfriars, 9

Blackheath, 107, 202

Bostall Wood, 199

Botanical Garden, Regent’s Park, 17, 98

---- Society, 98

Brewers’ Almshouses, 294

Bridgeman, 40, 42

Bridgewater House, 350

Broad Walk, Regent’s Park, 101

Brockwell Park, 170–174

---- old English garden in, 170–172

---- purchase of, 172

---- rooks in, 174

Brook Green, 213

Broome House, 345

Brown, Sir Richard, 293, 325

Buckingham House, 76, 351

---- Palace, 59, 350–355

Bunhill Fields, 11, 248–251

Bunyan, John, tomb, 249

Burial-grounds, 3, 242–260

---- Friends’, 249

---- in the City, 254–259

---- Marylebone, 245

---- St. John’s Wood, 245

---- St. Pancras, 243

---- Stepney, 245

Burton’s Court, 312

Burton, Decimus, 93, 100

C

Cadogan Place, 239

Cake-house in Hyde Park, 28, 32

Camberwell Park, 126, 166

---- Green, 168, 215

Cam House, 343

Campden Hill, gardens on, 343

Carlton House, 77

Caroline, Queen, 38, 40, 42, 45, 74, 75

Catalpa, 153, 286

Cedars, 17, 321

Chamberlain, Mr., house at Highbury, 191

Charles I., 60

Charles II., 61, 63, 67, 147

Charlton, 357

Charterhouse, 289–291

Chelsea, 311

---- Ranelagh Gardens, 315

---- Waterworks, 38, 76

Chelsea Hospital, 311–317

---- burial-ground, 314

---- statue in, 313

Chelsea Physic Garden, 16, 17, 317

---- cedars, 321

---- curators of, 320

---- new management of, 319

---- trees in, 323

---- visit of Linnæus, 324

Chrysanthemums, 17, 159

City Corporation Parks, 4

Clapham Common, 205–207

Clement’s Inn, 262

Clifford’s Inn, 263

Climate, changes of, 69, 98, 128

Clissold Park, 141–144

Commons, 185–216

---- Clapham, 205

---- Deptford, 203

---- Hackney, 188

---- Old Oak, 199

---- Peckham Rye, 204

---- Plumstead, 201

---- Streatham, 211

---- Tooting, 207

---- Wandsworth, 212

Commons’ Preservation Society, 185

Commonwealth, sale of Royal Parks in time of, 28, 87

Cost of maintenance of Parks, 5

County in Town Exhibition, 18

Cox’s Walk, 177

Cromwell, Oliver, 29, 233

Cromwell, Thomas, seizure of gardens by, 12

D

Dahlia, 341

Deer, 36, 67, 74, 88

Dell in Hyde Park, 52

Deptford Park, 178, 203

Devonshire House, 335

Dolphin Fountain, Hyde Park, 39

Downing Street, 72

Drapers’ Company Garden, 12, 292

Duck Island, 62, 72, 73

Duels, 33, 86, 157, 341

Duke Humphrey’s Walk, 77

Duke of York’s School, Chelsea, 311

Dulwich College, 175

Dulwich Park, 174–177

---- rock garden in, 176

E

Eel Brook Common, 213

Eltham Park, 182

Ely Place, 9, 14

Embankment Gardens, 132

Enfield, 323

Evelyn, John, 29, 67, 79, 229, 232, 293, 309, 312, 325–326

Exhibition of 1851, 48

F

Fairchild, Thomas, 18, 128, 223

Fawcett, Henry, 163

Fetter Lane, 15

Fickett’s Field, 236

Finsbury Circus, 237

---- Park, 120, 125, 139–141

---- Square, 10, 237

Fire of London, 12, 15

Flowers at the Grey-coat School, 298.

---- in Greenwich Park, 117

---- in Holborn, 9

---- in Hyde Park, 46–48

---- in Municipal Parks, 124

---- in the Temple Gardens, 272

---- of Shakespeare, 151, 154, 171

---- suited to London, 330–335

Fogs, 69, 128

Foley House, 89

Fordyce, Mr., 89, 90

Foundling Hospital, 296

French Gardeners, 61

Fuchsia, 17

Fulham Palace, 308, 311

---- gardens at, 345

G

Gardeners, 14

---- Company, 14

Gardens, Castle, 8

---- City, 14–16

---- monastic, 7–8

Gay, lines on Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 235, 282

Gerard, John, 16, 17, 19

Gibson, Mr., 137–158, 228

Godfrey, Sir Edmondsbury, 105

Goose Green, 213

Gordon riots, 194–233

Gospel Oak, 197

Grant, Baron, 228

Gray’s Inn, 283–288

Green Park, 56–73

---- fireworks in, 75

---- railings round, 76

---- Ranger’s lodge in, 76

Green Walk, St. James’s Park, 77

Greens, 213

Greenwich Fair, 115

Greenwich Park, 106–118

---- birds in, 117

---- burials in, 107

---- flowers in, 117

---- Queen’s House, 113

---- royal pageants in, 109–113

---- wild flowers in, 116

Grey-coat School, Westminster, 297

Grosley, Mr., 67, 281

Grosvenor House, 337

Gunning, The Misses, 69

H

Hackney, 16, 17

---- Commons, 188

---- Downs, 186, 189

---- Marsh, 189

Hainault, Forest of, 122

Hamilton Place, 35

Hampstead Heath, 192–198

---- Jack Straw’s Castle, 195

---- Spaniards, 194

---- Wells, 192

---- wild flowers, 197

Hatton, Sir Christopher, 14

Heath, Bostall, 199

---- Hampstead, 192

Henry VIII. and Hyde Park, 25

---- at Greenwich, 109

Henry, Prince of Wales, 357–359

Highbury Fields, 190

Highgate, 10

Hilly Fields, 203

Holborn, 8, 16

Holland House, 337–343

Honourable Artillery Company, 97, 292

Horniman Gardens, 177

Hornsey Wood, 140

Horse Guards’ Parade, 59, 72

Horticultural Society, 17

Hoxton, 18

Hunting, 25, 85–86, 88

Hyde, Manor of, 24

Hyde Park, 23–55

---- area of flower beds, 48

---- boundaries, 24

---- cake-house in, 28, 32

---- deer in, 35

---- dell, 52

---- duels in, 33

---- flowers in, 46

---- forts erected in, 27

---- fountains in, 39, 44, 54

---- frame-ground in, 47

---- gates, 54

---- hunting in, 25

---- keepers of, 35

---- Parliamentary army in, 28

---- Plague in, 32

---- railings round, 35, 46

---- reviews in, 35

---- Ring in, 28–30

---- roads in, 36

---- sale of, 28

---- trees in, 51

---- water in, 37, 42

I

Ice accident, 101

Ice-house in Green Park, 74

Inns of Court, 261–288

Ironmongers’ Almshouses, 296

Island Garden, Poplar, 133

Isle of Dogs, 133

Islip Abbot, 25

J

Jack Straw’s Castle, 194

Jacobite Walk, 73

James I., 59

James II., 67

Jefferies, Richard, 125, 210

Johnson, Thomas, 17, 19

K

Kennington Common, 164

Kennington Park, 164–166

---- fountain in, 166

---- historical incidents, 165

Kensington Gardens, 41–50

---- trees in, 51

Kensington Palace, 36–40

Kent, landscape gardener, 40

Kyrle Society, 121

L

Ladywell Recreation Ground, 203

Lamb, Charles, 15, 279, 285

Lambeth, 305

Lammas Lands, 119, 186, 189

Latimer, Bishop, 306, 308

Laud, Archbishop, 305–306

Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, 147

Le Nôtre, 61, 113

Lincoln, Earl of, 8

Lincoln’s Inn, 279–282

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 234, 282

L’Obel, 16

Loddige, 17

London and Wise, 40

London County Council, equipment of, 123

---- expenditure on parks, 6

---- inappropriate planting by, 189, 204

---- parks owned by, 4, 121

London Fields, 188

---- Hospital Garden, 295

Loudon, 54, 90, 99, 223

M

Mall, The, 61, 66, 68, 70, 73, 77

Manor Park or Manor House Gardens, 182

Marble Arch, 54

---- Hill, 121

Marvel, Andrew, 149

Mary, Queen, 40

Marylebone Fields, 89, 92

---- origin of, 83

Marylebone Park, 84–89

---- called Regent’s Park, 91

---- lease to the Duke of Portland, 90

---- Manor-house in, 89

Maryon Park, 181

Mayor of Garrett, 212

Meath Gardens, 248

---- Earl of, 243

Metropolitan Commons Act, 186, 188

---- Gardens Association, 121, 234, 243, 248

Milton, 60

Minet, Mr. William, 166

Mirabeau, letters of, 128, 220

Monastic gardens, 7, 8

Montagu House, 222, 232, 335

Montagu, Mrs., 222, 336

Moorfields, 10–12

Moorgate, 11

Moravian Mission, 15, 311

More, Sir Thomas, 311

Mother Shipton, 104

Municipal Parks, 119

---- acreage of, 121

---- criticisms upon, 184, 189, 204

---- equipment of, 123

---- flowers in, 124

---- formation of, 120, 123, 136

---- green-houses in, 124

---- laying out of, 126

---- old English gardens in, 127

---- situation of, 120

Myatt’s Fields, Camberwell, 166–168

---- avenue in, 126, 168

N

Naming plants, 54

Nash, architect, 90–91

Navy, timber in Marylebone Park used by Cromwell for, 88

Neate or Neyte, 24, 239

Nell Gwynn, 67, 147

Nesfield, 101

Nevill, Bishop of Chichester, 15

---- Court, 15

New River, 142–143

North Woolwich tea garden, 134

Nunhead Green, 213

O

Observatory, Greenwich, 108

“Old English Gardens,” 151–154, 171

Open Spaces, Select Committee on, 187

Osborne, Dorothy, 60

P

Paddington Green, 213

Pall Mall, 66

Pardon Churchyard, Charterhouse, 236

---- St. Paul’s, 250

Parkinson, John, 16, 298

Parks, acreage of, 4, 6, 122

---- classes of, 3

---- duels in, 33, 86, 157

---- lighting of, 37, 79

---- maintenance of, 5, 6

---- Municipal, 3, 6, 121, 122, 159

---- Royal, 3, 6, 122, 157

---- sale of, 28, 87

Park system, 22

Parliament Hill, 192, 197

Parson’s Green, 213

Paul’s Cross, 252

Pawlet, Sir William, 14

Peckham Rye, 204

Pennethorne, Sir James, 157

Pepys, 12, 15, 31, 34, 65, 79, 115, 148, 180, 189, 206, 257, 280

Piccadilly, 76

Placentia or Plaisance, 108

Plague, 32, 196, 226, 236, 238, 257

Plane trees, 223

Plants suited to London, 330–335

Plumstead Common, 201

Portland Place, 89

Postman’s Park, 255

Potatoes, 17

Primrose Hill, 104

Private gardens, 327–356

Q

Quaggy River, 182

Queen’s House, Greenwich, 113–114

Queen’s Walk, Green Park, 75

Quintinye, de la, 61, 77

R

Ranelagh Gardens, 315

Ranger’s Lodge, Green Park, 76

---- Greenwich Park, 115

Ravensbourne, 203

Ravenscourt Park, 152–154

---- old English garden in, 154

---- trees in, 153

Red House, Battersea, 156

Reform Bill riots, 46

Regent’s Park, 83–105

---- architecture and houses, 91

---- banqueting houses in, 85

---- canal, 90

---- deer, 88

---- duels in, 86

---- flowers in, 101–102

---- formerly Marylebone Park, 84, 91

---- hunting in, 85–86

---- Manor-house in, 89, 97

---- railings, 103

---- sale by Cromwell, 87

---- Societies in, 96

---- stone vase in, 101

---- villas in, 93–94, 347

Repton, Humphrey, 231–239

Rhododendrons in Hyde Park, 53

Ring in Hyde Park, 28–30

Riots in Hyde Park, 45

Rock gardens, 176

Rooks, 174, 288

Rosamond’s Pond, 58, 73

Roses, 9, 277, 334

Rotten Row, 36

Round Pond, 44

Royal Avenue, Chelsea, 312

Ruskin Park, 168–170

S

Saint Alphege, London Wall, 258

---- Bartholomew’s Hospital, 289

---- Botolph’s, Aldersgate, 255–256

---- Christopher-le-Stocks, 258

---- Dunstan’s Lodge, 93

---- Dunstan’s, Stepney, 245

---- George’s-in-the-East, 246

---- Giles, Cripplegate, 258

---- James’s Palace, 57, 348

---- James’s Park, 25, 45, 56–82

---- ---- ---- animals and birds in, 59, 61, 64,73

---- ---- ---- canal in, 65

---- ---- ---- cows in, 64

---- ---- ---- driving privileges in, 71

---- ---- ---- Duck Island, 62, 73

---- ---- ---- flowers in, 80

---- ---- ---- leper hospital in, 57

---- ---- ---- a races in, 71

---- ---- ---- Rosamond’s Pond, 58, 73

---- ---- ---- tilting ring, 59

---- John at Hackney, 245

---- ---- Knights of, 7–8, 236, 264

---- John’s Lodge, 74, 237

---- Katherine Coleman, 256

---- Katharine’s, Regent’s Park, 94, 437

---- Leonard’s, Shoreditch, 18

---- Martin, 259

---- Mary Staining, 254

---- Mary, Islington, 245

---- Olave’s, Hart Street, 254–257

---- Pancras-in-the-Fields, 243

---- Paul’s Churchyard, 250–254

Sand gardens for children, 124, 139, 163

Sayes Court, Deptford, 325

Scott, Sir Gilbert, 50

Seething Lane, 16

Serpentine, 37–38, 42–45

Shakespeare, flowers of, 151, 154, 171

Shepherd’s Bush, 213

Shrubs suitable for London, 330

Skating, 45, 79, 101

---- club, 97

Sloane, Sir Hans, 16, 318

Smoke, 69, 128, 129

Spa Fields, 247

“Spaniards,” Hampstead, 194

Spring flowers suitable for London, 334

Springfield Park, 144

Spring Gardens, 60

Squares, 217–241

---- Bedford, 232

---- Belgrave, 238

---- Berkeley, 222

---- Bloomsbury, 231

---- Brompton, 240

---- Brunswick, 296

---- Cadogan Place, 239

---- Cavendish, 221

---- Eaton, 218, 239

---- Finsbury, 237

---- Golden, 226

---- Grosvenor, 219, 221

---- Hanover, 221

---- in Belgravia, 238

---- in Bloomsbury, 230, 297

---- in the East End, 238

---- Kensington, 240

---- Ladbroke, 219

---- Leicester, 227

---- Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 234

---- Manchester, 221

---- Mecklenburgh, 297

---- New, 235

---- Portman, 222, 336

---- Queen’s, 233

---- Red Lion, 233

---- Russell, 321

---- Saint James’s, 223

---- Soho, 229

---- Southampton, 231

---- statues in, 220, 225, 226, 229, 230, 231

---- Trinity, 237

---- Vincent, 238

Sorbiere, M. de, 62

South London Parks, 155–184

Southwark Park, 179

Stepney, Manor of, 139

---- Museum, 146

Stoke Newington or Clissold Park, 141–144

Streatham Common, 209, 211

Sub-tropical Garden, Battersea, 158

Summer-houses, 86

Switzer, Stephen, 39

T

Telegraph Hill, 178

Templars, 7

Temple, The, 262, 264–279

---- Bencher’s Garden, Inner, 275

---- Bencher’s Garden, Middle, 275

Temple Garden, chambers built on the, 266

---- flowers in, 272

---- Fountain, 269–275

---- green-house, 272

---- iron gates, 271

---- re-turfing, 268

---- sun-dial, 271

---- Wars of the Roses begin in, 277

Thrale Place, 209

Tinworth, sculpture by, 163–166

Tooting Beck, 208

---- Common, 208, 210

---- Graveney, 208

Tortoise at Lambeth, 307

Toxopholite Society, 307

Tradescant, 16, 298

Trees at Fulham, 310, 345

---- in Chelsea Physic Garden, 321–323

---- in Greenwich Park, 106, 110, 114

---- in Hyde Park, 57

---- in Municipal Parks, 125, 137, 141, 144, 145, 147, 151, 153,
175, 182

---- in Regent’s Park, 103

---- in squares, 223

---- pruning of, 128

Trinity Hospital, Mile End, 293

Turner, William, 257

Tyburn, Manor of, 56, 83

U

Upper Park, 74

Uvedale, Robert, 323

V

Vatcher, Rev. Sidney, 295

Vauxhall Gardens, 161

Vauxhall Park, 161–164

---- purchase of, 162

Veitch, 17

Verjuice, 10

Victoria Docks, 157

Victoria Park, 120, 135–139

---- birds in, 139

---- planting in, 137

Victoria Park Cemetery, 248

Victoria, Queen, Memorial, 80

Vineyards, 9, 59, 180

Vintage, 10

W

Wages in 1554, 85

Wandsworth Common, 212

Waterlow Park, 145–150

---- historical events in, 147–149

---- ponds in, 147

---- trees in, 147

Waterlow, Sir Sidney, 145, 149

Waterworks Company, 38

Westminster, 10, 25, 38, 58, 299

Westminster Abbey, 299–305

---- gardens in monastic times, 302

---- Little Cloister, 299

Whip Club, 54

Whitechapel, 18

Whitfield, 165

Wild flowers near London, 20

William III., 36, 41

Wine, 10

Winter Garden, Duke Street, 219

Wise, 41

Woolwich, 202

Wormwood Scrubs, 198

Y

Yews, Irish, 245

Z

Zoological Society, 100

Zouche, Lord, Garden in Hackney, 16

THE END

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Edinburgh & London

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