1870.] GARDEN RECORDS. 407 



colour, from Mr H. Eckford. The same award to Picotee Ne plus ultra, 

 a heavy rose-edged flower with a very fine petal, smooth and pure, 

 from Mr J. Payne, St Paul's, Oxford ; to Tropseoluni Minnie Warren, 

 a compact-growing form, the leaves green, edged with cream, and 

 appearing as if it would prove useful as a bedding- plant, from Mr 

 John Cattell, Westerham; to Dahlia Marchioness of Bath, pale ground, 

 tipped with rose, a very finely-formed flower, from Mr George Wheeler, 

 Warminster ; to Hollyhock Rose Queen, colour clear rose, from Mr 

 Porter, Isleworth : to Dahlias Incomparable and Flora Wyatt, from Mr 

 John Keynes, second-class certificates were awarded. Lastly, a first- 

 class certificate was awarded to Godetia (CEnothera) Whitneyii, having 

 bright lilac flowers, with a spot of red on each petal • stout dwarf 

 habit of growth, and very free blooming — a capital addition to our 

 dwarf-growing hardy annuals, sent by Mr William Thompson, Ipswich. 



R. D. 



GARDEN RECORDS. 



NO. IX. 



GUNNERSBY PARK, ACTON, MIDDLESEX, THE RESIDENCE OF 

 BARON LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD, M.P. 



(Continued from page 368.) 



This place is situated in the south-west side of London, and about midway be- 

 tween Ealing and Kew, though comprehended in the parish of Ealing, and can 

 be readily reached by railway to Ealing, Acton, Turnham Green, and Kew. It 

 has acquired a high reputation as a place for the production of first-class fruits, 

 and from it are drawn the large supplies of fruit, flowers, vegetables, &c, to meet 

 the requirements of the Baron's palatial mansion in Piccadilly, as well as those of 

 other members of the family. 



The present area of the park and grounds is some 100 acres, but recently a 

 further space of 140 acres has been enclosed on the Ealing and Brentford sides of 

 the desmene, for the purpose of extending the park. When this is laid out and 

 planted, it will give it what it has hitherto much needed, surroundings in keep- 

 ing with the mansion, and the splendid liberality with which the estate is main- 

 tained. The kitchen-garden is about 14 acres in extent, 5 acres of which are 

 wholly within walls ; a wall running from east to west, however, bounds a space 

 of some 9 acres. There is a great extent of glass, and there are also two flower- 

 gardens, besides many supplementary beds ; also two pieces of ornamental water, 

 from the middle of the largest of which rises a jet capable of reaching a height of 

 some 60 feet. The mansion occupies the highest part of the grounds on its eastern 

 boundary, and is effectually screened by belts of fine trees, some noble Cedars of 

 Lebanon, &c. The quiet and repose pervading the place, although so near 

 to London proper, and its encircling associations of country and rural life, con- 

 stitute it a most charming and pleasant place of residence during the summer 

 months. 



