11 JANUARY 1919, Page 3

We are delighted to record the virtual completion of the

scheme for adding to Wimbledon and Putney Commons the open field, and woods extending towards Richmond Park. The last forty- one acres have been purchased for £10,000 by a few generous residents in the district, who will transfer the property after the war to the Conservators. The public will be asked to sub- ecribe £4,000 for the formation of a garden on part of the land in Kingston Vale, and for the erection of a monument to the Wimbledon and Putney men who have fallen In the war. It Is very satisfactory to know that the Ike view from Wimbledon Common across to Richmond will thug be preserved for ever. The man who saves open land from the builder in our city suburbs is sure of the gratitude of his own generation and of poeterlty.