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CHINESE PEACHES. 



I send you a sketch, from a late English 

 publication, of an Anglo-swiss cottage, 

 which is built in one of the noblemen's 

 parks.* It is only one of fifty ways of vary- 

 ing this pretty rustic mode of building. The 

 better rooms, you will observe, are all on 

 the second floor, to which access is had by 

 the flight of stairs, outside. This conducts 

 j'-ou to the open gallery, which, being com- 

 pletely covered and shaded by the projection 

 of the roof, makes a most agreeable lounging, 

 reading or working place, in hot weather. 



The kitchen, cellar, &c., are on the ground 

 story, which is level with the surface. This, 

 you will observe, is a superior mode, to the 



" basement," or half-sunk story, so common 

 in many houses, and in which some fami- 

 lies pass half their time — and superior, be- 

 cause it is ivell lighted and aired. 



A building of this style and size, could 

 be put up in any part of the country, where 

 wood is abundant, by ordinary mechanics, 

 for a few hundred dollars. I do not send it 

 to you, as a remarkably good specimen of 

 the Swiss Cottage, but only to draw your 

 attention, and that of the tasteful portion of 

 your readers, to the many merits of the style 

 in question. I am, d^ar sir. 



Yours, sincerely, A Young Architect. 



New-York, Jan. 6th, 1847. 



NEW AND SINGULAR CHINESE PEACHES. 



We have had the pleasure of receiving 

 very lately, from one of our subscribers, in 

 this neighborhood, John Caldwell, Esq., 

 some stones of what is evidently a new and 

 very distinct kind of Peach. They were 

 fresh from Canton, whence they were sent to 

 Mr. Caldwell, by his friend and correspon- 

 dent there, Dr. J. T. Devan. They are 

 called in the letter from this latter gentle- 

 man, which accompanied them, " pits of 

 the Honey Peachy We give the following 

 extract from this letter : 



" Ca7iton, June 13, 1S46. 



" I have received as a present, from a 

 Chinesegentleman,a few "Honey Peaches." 

 I have never been able to procure any such 

 at the fruiterers. 



'• I herewith send you the pits. These 

 peaches are remarkable for their honied 

 sweetness, and are ripe about the first of 

 June. Their shape is also peculiar, it being 

 like the sketch on the opposite side of this 

 paper [which we here give. Ed.] : — form, 



pointed at one end, rich yellow and red in 

 colour, very deeply grooved, and about the 

 size of this sketch. 



Yours, with respect, 



J. T. Devan." 



• [See our Frontispiece, Fig. 90, for this engraving,— Ed] 



Fig. 91. The Honey Peach. 



We have planted these seeds, and hope 

 to be successful in raising some trees, of 



