and in its Neighbourhood. 347 



climbing roses, thrive remarkably well when trained against the 

 houses in the back streets, as would most other ligneous creepers, 

 among which we would particularly recommend Clematis mon- 

 tana (p. 329.) and other species, Wistarza sinensis, and the 

 common white jasmine. 



Next to the street gardens in the London Road, are those in 

 the Western Road, in which the wallflowers, stocks, colum- 

 bines, marigolds, and red valerians now make a splendid ap- 

 pearance ; and, against the houses, China roses of different kinds, 

 but especially the commonest variety, which flowers earlier than 

 any other, are profusely covered with bloom. The finest part of 

 this street is the recess in which the house of Mr. Wild the 

 architect stands, and which is mentioned in our volume for 1829, 

 p. 120. The architecture is better here than in most of the old 

 parts of Brighton, and the trees and shrubs have attained a com- 

 paratively large size. The house then occupied by Sir James 

 Scott, to which the large conservatory called the Oriental 

 Garden was then, and is still, attached, is now occupied as a 

 ladies' school. All the gardens here are kept with very great 

 care and neatness. 



The Grounds in Front of the Pavilion are so shut in by in- 

 creasing the height of the wall, and boarding the inside of the 

 iron railing, that they no longer, as formerly, prove an orna- 

 ment to the town. We cannot help thinking that if this matter 

 were represented in a proper light to Her Majesty, she would 

 order the wall to be lowered, and an open iron railing placed 

 on it, leaving the border of trees and shrubs within as it is, so 

 as to produce a barrier which may be partially seen through, 

 similar to the palisades and borders of shubbery which sur- 

 round the squares, and to that which existed some years ago, as 

 shown in Mr. Repton's Designs for the Pavilion, &c, fig. 147., 

 given in our edition of Mr. Repton's works, p. 403. Allowing 

 the eye of persons in the street to penetrate here and there into 

 these grounds would certainly be a great additional beauty to 

 this part of Brighton, and we should think could be no annoy- 

 ance to a queen who is not averse from showing herself in public, 

 even if she were walking within. Much has been said re- 

 specting the architecture of the Pavilion. For our part, we 

 admire it throughout, for its novelty in this country and its 

 consistency, for the unity of style which pervades every part, 

 and for the substantialness of the execution of the work. We 

 speak only from general impressions, without specific examina- 

 tion or entering into details. We hope every part of the edifice 

 and its appendages will be kept up in good repair as long as it 

 will stand. We regret to see some chimney-tops repaired with 

 common red chimney-pots, instead of the ornamental forms with 

 which they were formerly terminated ; but we hope the repairs 



