CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY 1 II. HYDE PARK 23 III. ST. JAMES’S AND GREEN PARKS 56 IV. REGENT’S PARK 83 V. GREENWICH PARK 106 VI. MUNICIPAL PARKS 119 VII. SOUTH LONDON PARKS 155 VIII. COMMONS AND OPEN SPACES 185 IX. SQUARES 217 X. BURIAL-GROUNDS 242 XI. INNS OF COURT 261 XII. HISTORICAL GARDENS 289 XIII. PRIVATE GARDENS 327 APPENDIX TO PRIVATE GARDENS: CHARLTON 357 LIST OF SOME OF THE WORKS CONSULTED 361 HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS: LIST OF TREES AND SHRUBS 368 INDEX 377 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS COLOURED PLATES ST. KATHARINE’S LODGE, REGENT’S PARK _Frontispiece_ _Page_ DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN, HYDE PARK 38 AUTUMN BEDS, HYDE PARK 46 FOUNTAIN BY COUNTESS FEODOR GLEICHEN, HYDE PARK 54 CROCUSES IN EARLY SPRING, ST. JAMES’S PARK 64 AUTUMN IN REGENT’S PARK 90 SPRING IN REGENT’S PARK 102 WATERLOW PARK 148 OLD ENGLISH GARDEN, BROCKWELL PARK 172 STATUE OF PITT, HANOVER SQUARE 220 STATUE OF WILLIAM III. IN ST. JAMES’S SQUARE 226 ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD 250 THE BANK GARDEN 258 THE INNER TEMPLE GARDEN 270 THE FOUNTAIN COURT, MIDDLE TEMPLE 276 LINCOLN’S INN 280 THE GARDEN GATES, GRAY’S INN 288 GREY COAT SCHOOL, WESTMINSTER 298 THE LITTLE CLOISTER, WESTMINSTER ABBEY 302 HERBACEOUS BORDER, LAMBETH PALACE 306