MY GARDEN. 



been found at Wallington of William III., Charles II., George I., and 

 George II. In Mr. Jackson's garden at Car- 

 shalton was also found a penny of Edward IV. 

 (fig. 16). A token was issued from Beddington 



FIG. 16. Penny of Edward iv in the seventeenth century, as stated by 

 Manning and Bray : ROBERT HILLER u R. BEDINGTON IN SURREY 

 HIS HALFPENNY. 



Beddington, and the neighbouring grounds of Wallington House, 

 are celebrated for the magnificence of their trees. The elms, limes, and 

 horse-chesnuts are of extraordinary size, and there is a fine old larch 

 not far from the church, with alders in the low ground. There was, 

 a few years ago, an old oak called " Queen 

 Elizabeth's Oak " (fig. 17), which was ruthlessly 

 removed for the ugly new watercourse, and 

 carried to a timber-yard at Croydon. On 

 my north-east boundary is a bank of trees of 

 various kinds, which in autumn, when lit up 

 by the rays of the setting sun, are of striking 

 beauty, especially when contrasted with the 

 leaves of the white willow, which, glistening 

 like silver, add to the loveliness of a summer 

 afternoon. I received with delight, on Lady- 



FIG. 17- -Queen Elizabeth's Oak. j ay jg^ ^ { nte Uig ence t h at t h e learned 



Rector, the Rev. A. Bridges, had become the possessor of these noble 

 trees, as I have full belief that he will continue to preserve that 

 which only time and taste, with a genial soil, could have produced. 



The river running through the Park has within the last few 

 years been diverted from its ancient course into a new channel, and 

 the waterfall and old canal mentioned in many books have been 

 removed. From a photograph taken by my son of the bridge and 

 river as it formerly ran, I am enabled to give a view of the pastoral 

 scene which was presented from my garden, with the glorious row of 

 fine limes to the right, upon which Cicero, with his love for " ordincs 

 arbornin" might have delighted to gaze. At the present time workmen 



