Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871. Excerpt: ... No. XI. THE SUB-TROPICAL GARDEN AT BATTERSEA PARK. Palm trees rise On every side, and nomerous trees unknown, Save by strange names, uncouth to English ears. How absurd it is of people to travel to foreign parts, and suffer sea-sickness and get the yellow fever, or supply the sideboard of a savage with "boko," when at Battersca Park, latitude 52, longitude 0, such scenes as these may be enjoyed gratis!--S. II., Oard. Mag. HE Londoner's programme for the Saturday afternoons of the summer season, full as it must be in its list of beautiful rural and holiday resorts which encircle our metropolis, should always include two or three visits to that wonderful oasis, Battersea Park. A Londoner who is ignorant of the strange and beautiful scenes at Battersea Park is a scandal in the eyes of the thousands of visitors from the provinces of England and the countries of the Continent who come from afar to see the wonders of vegetation which lie almost at our doors. To the subtropical landscapes and the miniature Alpine scenery of Battersea Park come the gardeners from the seats of our nobility year by year. Here they study afresh the bold horticultural experiments and beautiful floral combinations in which Battersea Park takes the lead. Here come rich and zealous amateur cultivators, to see or carry away specimens and designs for their own sub-tf opical or rockgarden in the country. Here, too, in the evening and on Saturday afternoons, come unlearned groups of the London populace, pleased with the strangeness and grandeur of the scene, and feeling secretlycomplimented by so novel and lavish a provision for their enjoyment. Here, we find the humbler lovers and cultivators of flowers, who have come to see familiar English favourites, as well as giant sub-tropicals. It i...
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