The Royal Tea Garden in the outskirts of the town is on a level surface, and might be made a scene of considerable attraction. It has been ten or twelve years planted, and the trees are 30 ft. high and upwards, and thriving as well as could be desired. There is a handsome broad straight walk down the centre of the garden, completely and densely shaded by elms; a great variety of side walks and side scenes, such as open circular areas of gravel, of flower-beds, of arbours and other rustic structures, of basins of water, &c. There is a sunk oval area of turf, 100 ft. by 200 ft., surrounded by an open lawn, which may serve as a verdant amphitheatre, or for a large company to see a play acted on a temporary platform, to hear music, or see fireworks, for a dance, a fancy fair, a masquerade, or other amusements. There is a labyrinth at the farther extremity of the garden, and a large building for refreshments at the main entrance. It does not, however, seem in a thriving state, for most of the wooden structures are tumbling to pieces, and the flower-beds were neglected, and, instead of a gardener among them, we found a cow.
