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Public rose garden   Listing last updated on 08 Jul 2020.
London
United Kingdom
Gunnersbury Park in west London became the first 'country' residence of the Rothschild family after it was acquired by Nathan Rothschild in 1835. Today, the house is a museum, owned by the London boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow.

[From The Rothschild Gardens, by Miriam Rothschild, pp. 12-13] between 1850 and 1914 [the Rothschild gardens] spanned England, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland... All the Rothschilds were enthusiastic devotees of heated greenhouses and the propagation of exotic plants, especially tropical orchids and luxury fruit... In their gardens they collected rhododendrons and iris species and endless varieties of decorative plants. Edmond at Boulogne and Lionel at Exbury became noted horticulturalists, experimenting with crosses of carnations, arums, orchids and rhododendrons and propagating orchids by advanced laboratory methods... [Charles'] collection of irises and orchids went to Kew on his death... members of the family sent collector's abroad to find rare and interesting plants for their gardens....


[Ibid, p. 18:] Owing to the destruction of the two World Wars, not only a number of the gardens were lost, but also the bulk of papers relating to them, including all the drawings and plans. Their origins are mostly shrouded in mystery...


[Ibid, p. 19:] A Map of Gunnersbury Park, with geological sections and views taken on the Estate, London 1847


[Ibid, p. 48:] Gunnersbury was the first major Rothschild garden in England, and one of the most famous in its day... the rose arches on the lawn -- still there -- were famous... In Leopold's day...roses [were] prominent, including a single bed of up to 600 'Caroline Testout' roses...


[Ibid, p. 50: Leopold] is famous for his prize-winning waterlilies...

 
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