Next to the street gardens in the London Road, are those in the Western Road, in which the wallflowers, stocks, columbines, marigolds, and red valerians now make a splendid appearance; 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 comparatively 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.
