2-651-805 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A Bowling-Green', c1870. A bowling green is a finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls. Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep on them. the Royal Parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation (mostly hunting) of the royal family. From The Story of the London Parks by Jacob Larwood. [Chatto and Windus, London, c1870]