(This discovery was quite fortuitous as my investigations had nothing at all to do with Chiswick House.) I found a cutting from Country Life dated July 15th, 1899. This had a picture of a tree ...

Historic Chiswick House will get the shot in the arm needed to carry out ... which also call for the planting of 1,600 new trees and the erection of a new café with toilets. Tree walks by head gardner ...

The gardens at Chiswick House are set to be bright with an extraordinary array of colourful lanterns as the Magical Lantern Festival returns to the West London palace just in time for Christmas.