St James Walk

Of Public Promenade Gardens, there is only one small one in Liverpool, St. James's Walk. It is in a fine elevated situation; but, as we have before stated (p. 525.), such a town as Liverpool requires something of this kind upon a very different scale. There are none in the other towns that we passed through. The difference between the Continent and Britain in this respect is most remarkable. The smallest town, both in France and Germany, has its public garden; and all the considerable towns have scientific gardens, combining a botanical arrangement with the plants of horticulture and agriculture.