PLAN OF A FLOWER GARDEN- 
185 
In point of Landscape Gardening, the Surrey Zoological Garden possesses some 
beautiful and extensive views. If a person stands in the situation marked (26) on 
the ground plan ; the sight is grand and imposing, perhaps not to be equalled in 
any garden, either public or private, for many miles round London. The whole 
was conducted under the excellent judgment of Mr. Henry Phillips, who, to say 
the least, has in this one instance, setting aside every other, shown a taste that does 
him the greatest credit as a landscape gardener. One great object of Mr. Phillips 
was to give a bolder style than is seen at the Regent Park Gardens. 
The enterprising spirit and indefatigable labours of Mr. Cross deserve the 
highest praise: he has had a beautiful lodge entrance (1) erected, opening into 
Venton Place, close to Manor House (2) ; to the right of the entrance are rooms 
appropriated to birds on sale (23), and a short distance from them a neat inclosure 
for pheasants (3). A number of curious water-fowls occupy a basin on the 
grass (4). The monkeys also enjoy a species of perpetual summer, and show their 
little tricks to advantage in all weathers, in a glass conservatory (5) ; attached to 
this monkey conservatory is a commodious eagle-house (6) ; there are also two more 
enclosures for pheasants (7, 13) ; (8) is gentlemen’s closets ; (9) confectionary and 
cloak-room ; (10) is a small pond for alligators, and then the visiter comes to one 
of the most imposing structures of the age — the glass conservatory for tropical 
animals, birds, and plants (11) ; this capacious building is near three hundred feet 
in circumference, and is most judiciously arranged. The animals occupy a series 
of cages or compartments, forming a circle in the centre of the building ; exterior to 
these is a colonnade which supports the roofs, here are numerous cages of interesting 
birds, hung and otherwise fixed ; there is then an open area for the spectators to parade 
in, which is bordered with a stream of water for exotic fishes. This novel edifice has 
entirely originated with Mr. Phillips, and at once proves his ability and ingenuity. 
The ruins for eagles (18) which perhaps has been rarely surpassed, even where 
expense has been no object, was merely built out of such rubbish as came in the 
way, for it must be understood, the question with Mr. Phillips was not how well 
but how cheap he could transform this marsh into a pleasure ground. The octago- 
nal building (12), surrounded by paddocks, is filled with many rare specimens of 
foreign domestic animals; the seal occupies a small pond (14), not far from the 
large conservatory, near to which is the elephant pound (15), and elephant house 
(16); there is also a cave for the tortoise, and a partition for the armadillos ( 17 ). 
The hermitage and boat-house (19) stand on the edge of one of the most interest- 
