29 AUGUST 1931, Page 15

SURRY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

We made a pilgrimage to Walworth to see the Surry rival of our favourite Zoological lounge in the Regent's Park ; and were agree- ably surprised to find a very picturesque spot of ground, and a lake of considerable extent, and an island in the centre of it, overhung with weeping willows and other trees. The garden has been the pleasure-ground of the manor-house, and is tastefully laid out, in a park-like style, with lawns and beds of flowers and serpentine walks, with trees here and there, and the aforesaid lake, with a dark summer-house, a capital retreat for the owls.