May 6, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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possesses a bit of remarkable history, inasmuch as 
Wanstead House belonged to the Earls Tylney, who 
were Hereditary Lords-Warden of Epping Forest, a 
right which was exercised till the Epping Forest 
Act, 1878, deprived them of it. The last Earl 
Tylney died in 1784, and the estate came to the 
i-ylney Longs, whose heiress married the Hon. 
Wellesley Pole. This was the scapegrace in the 
history of the family, for although he had a rent- 
roll in Essex alone, swelled in war-time to £ 70,000 a 
year, he recklessly squandered the whole of this in¬ 
come in the course of ten years, and had to escape 
down the Thames from his creditors in an open 
boat. Wanstead House was pulled down in 1880, 
and nothing but green sward now covers the site. 
This and a large square area of ground surrounding 
it constitute the golfing ground above mentioned. 
Wanstead Park itself, together with four large and 
beautiful sheets of ornamental water, islands, and 
Madeira, Cambridge Park, Wanstead. 
thirty years ago, instead of seven. Among the 
relics from the old American Nurseries, Leytonstone, 
there is a large Mulberry tree about seventy years 
old. Mr. Morris informed us that when it was 
planted on the lawn it weighed about four tons. 
There is also an old Camellia (double red) now in 
flower in the open border. Mr. Morris remembers 
this tree upwards of forty years ago, which was 
planted in the old nursery, in a sheltered position. 
The garden as well as the residence is an object 
of great attraction, and a constant source of enjoy¬ 
ment to the public passing nearly all the year 
round. The accompanying illustration shows that 
front facing the Forest Gate and Wanstead road, and 
overlooking a small green on which are some scraggy 
and very old giant trees of the Sweet Chestnut. The 
photograph was taken when the summer bedding 
was in its prime, and the walls of the house were 
covered by the foliage of Vitis variabilis (Ampelopsis 
bloom, Retinospora plumosa, and Magnolia glauca, 
full of flower buds. 
Passing round to the back garden, we noted a beau¬ 
tifully kept piece of lawn, on one side of which a long 
raised bed has been constructed and planted with 
Primroses, Daisies, many of the best bedding Violas, 
Lilies, Carnations, Picotees, and standard Roses. 
Amongst the Picotees were Gaspard and Mrs. 
Cunningham. Carnations include Crimson Clove, 
Jersey Maid, Mrs. Muir, Salamander, Duchess of 
Fife, Duke of Wellington, Rose Unique, Duchess of 
Sutherland, Alice Ayres, Redbraes, Sir John 
Falstaff, The Dey, Mdme. Bravey, and other well 
known and popular varieties. Lilies have also been 
freely planted, including Lilium tigrinum splendens, 
L. Batemanii, L. Krameri, L. giganteum, L. 
virginale album, L. Witei, L. speciosum album, and 
other popular and useful sorts. 
Standard and pyramidal Hollies in some cases 
Rhubarb Late. —R■ B .: Possibly you have got a 
late kind, or you have planted it in a cold and shady 
part of the garden. Champagne is an early and 
highly coloured variety, which you would do well to 
get. Trench the ground deeply, and manure heavily. 
Select naturally rich soil in a good position with 
regard to exposure to light, air and sunshine, which 
will hasten the earliness of the Rhubarb. 
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MADEIRA, CAMBRIDGE PARK, 
WANSTEAD. 
Perhaps no other suburban district within seven 
miles of the great Metropolis retains so much of its 
natural, primitive, picturesque beauty as Wanstead, 
a little to the north of Forest Gate, yet practically 
on the southern edge of Epping Forest, and within 
a few minutes’ walk of the magnificent Wanstead 
Park, Cricket and Golf Grounds. Wanstead 
woods, constituting an area of 180 acres, was acquired 
by the Corporation of London in 1880, and added to 
Epping Forest. The River Roding skirts the north¬ 
eastern boundary of the park. 
On the eastern side of Wanstead is Madeira, 
Cambridge Park, one of the most enviable and 
attractive little domiciles created by Mr. George 
Field Morris (the senior member of the firm of 
Messrs. Protheroe & Morris) for his own occupation 
and enjoyment. It appears that seven years ago the 
site upon which the house " Madeira ” stands was a 
piece of waste land, a bed of undisturbed gravel, 
with very little soil upon it, but Mr. Morris, seizing 
the favourable opportunity of getting the top spit of 
a piece of land, had about 1,000 loads of this fertile 
soil conveyed to Madeira, and placed on the garden 
surrounding the house. He then planted such large 
evergreen and other shrubs that convey the impres¬ 
sion that the garden must have been made at least 
Veltchi), Rose Aimee Vibert (a Noisette, with pure 
white double flowers), a double white Clematis, 
and the the Fiery Thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha). 
At the present time the Dutch bulbs and many of 
the herbaceous plants are in flower. The Hyacinths 
do credit to the firm at Cheapside, where we under¬ 
stand they were purchased at the sales in the early 
autumn of last year. It is seldom such beautiful 
spikes of Hyacinths are seen in the open air. The 
bright blue Grand Maitre is the finest of all. Very 
good of their kind, however, are Norma, Grandeur a 
Merveille, Baron Von Thuyll, King of the Blues, and 
numerous other varieties. Tulip Keizer Kroon is 
also in grand form. A great bed of Rhododendrons 
next the highway is in excellent trim, the plants 
being well set with buds. The foliage is very clean, 
though the place is so close to London; and the 
same may be said of Osmanthus ilicifolia, Kalmia 
latifolia myrtifolia, Andromeda floribunda, now in 
