166 LONDON PARKS © GARDENS 
Common and the site of the Pound, was handed over 
by the Duchy of Cornwall (by Act of Parliament), 
to be laid out as “ Pleasure grounds for the recreation 
of the public; but if it cease to be so maintained ” 
to “ revert to the Duchy.” 
The transformation has been very successful, and the 
design was suitable and well conceived. The large greens 
are divided by wide paths shaded by trees, and each 
section can be closed in turn to preserve the grass. There 
is a sunk formal garden, bedded out with bright flowers, 
which show up well on the green turf; and at one 
end there are shrubberies with twisting walks in the 
style that is truly characteristic of the English Park, and 
seems to appeal to so many people. The whole space is 
not large, but the most is made of it, and both the formal 
and the “natural” sections have their attractions. At 
the “ natural ” end, near the church—which, by the way, 
was built as a thank-offering after Waterloo—is a hand¬ 
some granite drinking - fountain, designed by Driver, 
and presented by Mr. Felix Slade; and in the centre of 
the Park is a fountain, given by Sir Henry Doulton, 
with a group of figures by Tinworth, emblematic of 
“ The Pilgrimage of Life.” The Lodge was the model 
lodging-house erected by the Prince Consort in the 
Great Exhibition of 1851. 
Myatt’s Fields 
Myatt’s Fields or Camberwell Park is but a short 
distance to the south-west of Kennington. This Park 
of 14J acres was one of those princely gifts which 
have been showered on the inhabitants of London. It 
was presented by Mr. William Minet, in whose family 
the land has been since 1770. His ancestors were 
