Gál Éva: Margaret Island - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2000)

that some responsible authority will be found who can put an end to the further decay of this important cultural institution and prime tourist attraction.

Walking south from here we cross the largest continuous stretch of parkland of Margaret Island, lying on both sides of the walkway with sections landscaped in an English style, copses, thickets and flower beds alternating. Around the middle of the island, stretching east-west, lies a famous rose garden, whose roses in a wide variety of type, shape, colour and scent were once also grown for sale. Pergolas and ponds increase the effect of variety, and among the trees surrounding the garden the curious-looking Manchurian willow (Salix matsudana) and the more than one-and-a-half-century old Celtis trees are worth close inspection.

To the south of this lies a large, elliptical flower garden stretching out into the distance. There is a colourful carpet of flowers blooming in the beds of this garden all through the year except for the severest times of winter.

To the left of the walkway running east of the flower garden is a game reserve where a few animals in keepClüb house of Pannónia Rowing Association (1937)

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