MY GARDEN. 



PLATE 



12. VIEW OF THE LARGE SUMMER-HOUSE (/. 44), wherein we receive our friends when 

 they visit the Garden. It is simply a thatched structure of the simplest possible 

 description. 



13. VIEW OF THE REED BRIDGE, OVER THE CENTRAL STREAM, NEAR THE ALPINERY 

 (/. 44). It shows the value of the Reed as a picturesque plant. 



14. PAPER MILL AS SEEN FROM THE NORTH BANK OF THE LAKE (/. 44) in summer, 

 when the Conferva spiralis forms a scum on the surface of the water. 



15. VIEW OF THE MILL TAIL AT WALLINGTON BRIDGE (/. 44). 



16. VIEW FROM THE SOUTH BANK ACROSS THE LAKE (p. 45 ). It shows the character 

 which an occasional tree of the Lombardy Poplar gives to a landscape. These trees 

 were nearly 100 feet high, but have been blown down since the picture was painted. 



17. VIEW OF THE RIVER IN BEDDINGTON PARK (p. 45) before the course of the river 

 was diverted from its curve. This view afforded the most beautiful picture of a babbling 

 trout stream in the vicinity of the metrcpolis. It is a scene of the past, which has been 

 preserved by a photograph taken by my son. 



18. VIEW OF THE BACKWATER (/. 39), exhibiting the noble foliage of the Petasites vul- 

 garis growing on the bank. 



19. INTERIOR OF THE GLASS FERNERY (p. 73) as seen immediately on entering the house, 

 looking towards the tropical end. On the right is depicted a remarkable specimen of 

 Adiantum cuneatum, and the little bird on the floor is one of those caught during severe 

 frost, and placed in the house to clear off the insects. 



20. EEL-TRAP AND BACKWATER (p. 39), as seen from the front of the Vinery ; the effect 

 produced by the Pampas grass is seen to the left. 



21. MOONLIGHT SCENE. (/. 410) presented by the landscape looking across the lake in 

 August from the front of the Orchard House. 



22. VIEW FROM THE WILLOW BOWER IN WINTER (/. 628), looking towards 

 Beddington Park, when the ground was covered with snow. The weird old dead 

 trees have since been removed. 



VIGNETTES. 



PREFACE. Head Piece : The Rector's Walk in Beddington Park. Tail Piece: Road bordering 

 my Garden. View taken in winter. 



CONTENTS. Tail Piece : Wallington Church, erected at the expense of N. Bridges, Esq. 



CHAPTER I. Head Piece : Beddington Church from the churchyard (/. i). Tail Piece : Bed- 

 dington Hall in the olden time, before the fire (/. 19). 



CHAPTER 2. Head Piece: Windmill on Mitcham Common (/. 20). Tail Piece: Interior of 

 Beddington Hall (/. 36). 



CHAPTER -$.Head Piece: King's Head Inn, old posting-house, Mitcham (/. 37). Tail 

 Piece: Carshalton Church (/. 46). 



CHAPTER 4. Head Piece: View near Croydon (p. 47). Tail Piece : Scene on the Wandle, 

 near Mitcham (/. 55;. 



CHAPTER 5. Head Piece: Scene on the Wandle, near Beddington Corner (/. 56). Tail 

 Piece: Old Pigeon-house in Beddington Park (/. 66). 



CHAPTER 6. Head Piece : Scene on the Wandle (/. 67). 



