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a Virginian stock, and which, though called French, was, we were 

 informed, first introduced to Brighton by the late Mr. Cobbett 

 of Horse Hill Nursery, near Woking. There is also here a 

 single wallflower called the Harlequin, which bears yellow, 

 dark brown, and nearly white flowers, all expanded at the 

 same time. 



The Park is a piece of ground of from 40 to 50 acres in 

 extent, and forming a basin open at one point to the south-east 

 and to the sea, and every where else surrounded by rising 

 ground, which shelters the interior of the basin from the north^ 

 west, south-west, and north-east. The area is arranged in such 

 a manner as to be eventually surrounded by a belt of villas, 

 containing from 1 rood to 2 acres each, and all looking on the 

 basin, which is planted as a park, and contains upwards of 20 

 acres. This park, which will be equally enjoyed by all the sur- 

 rounding villas, is, in the words of the prospectus for letting 

 the ground, " not to be built upon, but to be left free, and for 

 ever appropriated, as at present, for lawn and plantations." The 

 trees in the park are of ten years' growth, and average from ] 5 ft. 

 to 20 ft. in height ; and, considering the soil and the situation, 

 they are in thriving state. The situation is naturally sheltered ; 

 and, when it is farther protected by being surrounded by a belt 

 of villas and their gardens, the trees will admit of being thinned 

 out, when the roots of those which remain, having greater 

 range, and their tops more room, they will grow much faster. 

 Indeed they are at present much too thick, even for an exposed 

 situation. We suspect the ground was not properly prepared at 

 first planting; for, had it been deeply trenched and manured, 

 the trees need not have been planted nearly so thick, and they 

 would have grown much faster. There is also a want of single 

 trees and small groups to break the larger masses, and these 

 ought to be added without delay from the thinnings, each tree 

 being headed in, in the Belgian manner (p. 131.). There is a 

 plan of this park, and a view exhibiting the general appear- 

 ance which will be produced by the surrounding line of villas, 

 very beautifully lithographed by Hulmandel. There are three 

 entrance-gates, erected from designs by Mr. Barry, all excel- 

 lent, but more particularly that called St. George's Gate, which 

 calls to mind the portals to the villas in the neighbourhood of 

 Florence. There is a steam-engine in an elegant tower in the 

 highest parts of the grounds, for the purpose of raising water 

 from a deep well, so as to supply all the houses that may be 

 built, even to their upper stories. 



Some borders of shrubs and flowers have lately been planted 

 along the outer drive of the park by Mr. Attree, the proprietor, 

 which we notice because they have been very tastefully planted 

 in groups, so as to form masses of the same forms and colours, 



