THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE. 



JUNE, 1845. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes and Recollections of a Tour through part of 

 England, Scotland and France^ in the autumn of 1844. 

 By the Editor. 



{Continued from, page 172.) 



Brighton, September 4. — Our intention was to leave Lon- 

 don on the 1st of the month ; but engagements prevented ; 

 and it was not till the morning of the 4th, that we took our 

 seat in the early train of cars for Brighton : our object was to 

 arrive in season to get a glance of the Pavilion at that place, 

 originally designed by Repton for George IV., but the grounds 

 around it were never completed according to his plans. 



The country between London and Brighton is undulating, 

 principally wood or pasture, and the views are tame and un- 

 interesting. Scarcely a single country residence is seen on 

 the entire route. The road passes through deep cuts of solid 

 chalk, and several tunnels of a mile or more in length. 



The Pavilion is in the Indian style of architecture, and has 

 a singular appearance, with its domes and minarets, in con- 

 trast with the usual architectural buildings of the town. The 

 grounds in front are now enclosed by a high wall, with an 

 iron railing, boarded inside, preventing all view of them from 

 without. It was the intention of Mr. Repton, that they should 

 extend much farther, so as to obtain a j5ne view of the sea 

 from the drawing-room : this is now shut out by the build- 

 ings opposite. There are some good nurseries and gardens 

 around the town, but the steamboat left for Dieppe, and, at 6 

 o'clock, we were on our way across the channel. 



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