138 LONDON PARKS & GARDENS 



shady road with well-grown trees. The artificial water 

 with fancy ducks, in which is a wooded island with 

 a Chinese pagoda, is a great delight for boating. The 

 bathing-lake has still greater attraction, and thousands 



Tagoda on the Island, Victoria Park 



bathe there daily all through the summer months. 

 It is said, as many as 25,000 have been counted on a 

 summer's morning. Bedding out was at its height 

 when Victoria Park was laid out, so the flower-garden 

 included some elaborate scroll designs which were 

 suited to the style of carpet-bedding then in vogue. 

 Now, though less stiff, the formal bedding is well done, 



