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an oak of extreme age (Q. sessiliflora), 46 ft. round at the first 

 branch, and a foot or two larger at the surface of the ground ; a 

 very fine beech, 3 ft. in diameter at 4 ft. from the ground ; very 

 large sycamores and ash trees; and very curious old yew and 

 holly hedges. Altogether this is a most interesting place ; but 

 it has little or no artistical merit. The surface is undulated in 

 the most inviting manner for planting, but there are, unfortu- 

 nately, but few trees in proportion to the extent of surface, and 

 these are by no means disposed so as to produce the best effect. 

 The exterior of the house is imposing, from a massive central 

 tower ; and it stands on a terraced platform, covered with loose 

 pebbles, very disagreeable to walk on, or rather wade through, 

 or to drive over, but very suitable for a wet climate, as the sur- 

 face soon becomes dry after rain, and indeed may be walked on 

 immediately after the heaviest shower. One thousand single 

 trees judiciously distributed over this place, without any other 

 expense whatever, would render it one of the finest on the banks 

 of the Clyde. 



( To be continued. ) 



Art. II. Notes on Gardens at Brighton, Shoreham, Worthing, and 

 Lancing. By the Conductor. 



" One advantage to a poor man, arising from cultivating a taste 

 for architecture and landscape scenery is, that it prevents him, 

 in many cases, from envying the residences of the rich ; not but 

 that the poor man would be glad of the most tasteless place that 

 could fall in his way as a property, but that the bad taste often 

 displayed in places directs his thoughts in a different channel, 

 and gives him a feeling of elegant superiority that wealth with- 

 out taste cannot bestow. Next to the satisfaction of possessing 

 any object is that of possessing a knowledge of its faults and 

 beauties, or what we fancy are such." — H. These are the 

 remarks of a friend of ours, which he applies to houses and 

 furniture in town (and, having little to do, he visits most houses 

 in the fashionable parts of London that are to be let, or where 

 the furniture is to be sold), as well as to houses and grounds in 

 the country ; and we offer them as an excuse for not noticing 

 one or two of the villas on the rising grounds to the north of 

 Brighton. 



The remains of the Antheum, the cause of the falling of which 

 is given in our Volume for 1833, still exist; there being no 

 demand at present for ground to build on in that part of 

 Brighton. Had it succeeded, the effect exteriorly would have 

 been good ; for a dome is a form uniting grandeur and beauty 

 in an eminent degree. The interior effect, however, would, we 



