CHAPTER XII

SOUTH-EAST LONDON

General survey of South London--South-east London: its most populous portion--Three small open spaces--Camberwell New Park--Southwark Park--Kennington Park--Fine shrubberies--Greenwich Park and Blackheath--A stately and depressing park--Mutilated trees--The extreme East--Bostell Woods and Heath--Their peculiar charm--Woolwich and Plumstead Commons--Hilly Fields--Peckham Rye and Park--A remonstrance--Nunhead and Camberwell Cemeteries--Dulwich Park--Brockwell Park--The rookery 216