The East Princes Street Gardens
The East Princes Street Gardens, which extend
from the Waverley Bridge to the east side of the
Mound, after being, as we have said, a nursery,
were first laid out in 1830, and after suffering some
mutilation and curtailment by the formation of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, were re-formed
and ornamented anew in 1849-50, at the expense
of about ,£4,500.
The high graduated banks with terraced walks
descend to a deep central hollow, and comprise
within their somewhat limited space a pleasant
variety of promenade and garden ground.
source-Old and New Edinburgh
