Clydeside villages

The most prosperous villages are those on the Clyde, of which Largs may be given as an example; but, as the inhabitants are chiefly men of property, who have retired from business, it cannot be classed with Catrine, Dalbeattie, and other agricultural or manufacturing places. The great deficiencies in the Scotch villages, when compared with the English ones, are, the want of general cleanliness in the streets and houses, and the want of flowers and of flowering shrubs in the gardens. To these points, and especially the first, all that have any influence ought to direct their attention.