3G0 THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, September 8, 1857. 
building. Tlic only fault I could see in it is its extreme 
narrowness compared with its height and length. Resides 
the appearance being faulty, the space for plants is very 
much confined; in fact, there will be, when the plants 
are fully grown, only room for a single row in the 
centre bed, and small things on the side of the walk 
next the glass. There is a fine opportunity and space 
to display a collection of greenhouse climbers: a con¬ 
siderable number are already reaching the top part of 
the roof. When that is covered and the fountain 
playing I anticipate the interior will be a pleasing 
shade and a cool atmosphere even in summer. The 
plants in the centre bed consisted chiefly of Camellias, 
Orange trees, Acacias, Myrtles, and good plants of the 
rare Weinmcinnia trichosperma and Lomatia ferruginea. 
The space in front of this handsome winter garden is 
laid out in the Italian style of flower gardening. In 
the centre is an oval basin of clear water, surrounded 
with a dense, broad mass of the pretty Saponaria 
Galabrica; the rest of the space in angular and circular 
beds edged with stone, and filled with the usual 
bedding-out plants. I noted two Verbenas as being 
novel and pretty, namely, Mrs. Holford, the best of 
all whites, having large pips, a good flat truss, and the 
purest of whites in colour. It will banish all the rest in 
a very short time. The other was named Imperatrice 
Elizabeth, a close, creeping variety, with reddish purple 
stripes on a white ground. For a small bed I have not 
seen any that will surpass this variety. 
In front of this flower garden is a handsome broad 
terrace walk overlooking the bush fruit garden, striking 
one at once that that space of ground ought to be a 
flower garden also, especially when it is known that a 
new kitchen garden is forming at a distance from these 
terraces. 
The lawn in front of the house is of some extent; it 
is bounded at one point with some old-fashioned clipped 
hedges, which ought to be swept away; but I under¬ 
stand they are highly valued by Mr. Barrow, because 
they were planted by his mother, so it would be an 
unfeeling act to cut them down. Some large Box trees 
have been planted to take away partly their formality. 
Behind these hedges is a beddery laid out with Box 
edgings and narrow gravel walks. A general walk 
leads through these, and, turning a corner, leads into a 
walk arched over and planted with climbing Roses. 
This is, in fact, the principal walk to the winter garden 
and terrace gardens. 
At the risk of being thought tedious and prolix I 
have tried to give the reader an idea of this charming 
- place, to form which, and bring it to its present state, 
Mr. Barrow must have spent a considerable sum. He 
must, however, be much gratified with the result, and I 
will prophesy, if he is spared to see the plants grown to 
perfection, he will not regret the outlay. I shall con¬ 
clude by saying that the place is not exclusive; any 
respectable party may see it at proper hours, and no 
one will be more proud to show it than the worthy 
gardener, Mr. Petch. The nearest station to stop at 
is Staveley. It is on the Midland line of railway. 
Ringwood Flail is a mile from Staveley, and three miles 
from Chesterfield. There are no conveyances to be had 
at Staveley, but plenty at Chesterfield, so that invalids 
and ladies who wish to visit Ringwood had better stop 
at the latter-named place. T. Appleby. 
POMOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Through the kindness of Mr. Rivers, of tho Nurseries, 
Sawbridgeworth, we are enabled to make our readers ac¬ 
quainted with the following novelties, which we can with 
| confidence recommend as valuable additions even to the 
already very numerous varieties of fruits already in cultiva¬ 
tion. Some years ago we had to wait for the greater part of 
a lifetime before we could know the merits of a new fruit; 
but, since Mr. Rivers has so devotedly applied himself to the 
cultivation of fruit trees in pots, he has succeeded in arriv¬ 
ing at facts which otherwise he could not ascertain in so 
short a period of time. As a method for proving the correct¬ 
ness of their stock, or of becoming acquainted with the 
Character and merits of a neiv or unknown fruit, nursery¬ 
men will find no method equal to pot growing, and they 
would do well to practise it. Among the numerous novelties 
we saw at Sawbridgeworth we noted the following :— 
Crawford’s Early Peach. —This is a very large melting 
Peach. One specimen we measured was ten inches and a 
quarter in circumference. It is of a roundish and slightly 
oblate shape, depressed at the crown, from which issues a 
rather shallow suture, which is much higher on one side 
than the other. The skin is thin, of a deep lemon colour, 
but on the side next the sun it has a reddish orange blush, 
strewed with numerous, distinct, dark crimson dots. Flesh 
yellow, reddish at the stone, from which it separates freely ; 
very tender and melting, remarkably succulent, with a deli¬ 
cious saccharine and vinous juice. 
This is, -without exception, the finest Peach we ever 
tasted. It seems to belong to the Rosanna or Alberge race, 
having a good deal of their yellow-coloured skin and flesh. 
Its size is also a great recommendation ; but were it half 
the size it is we should say it is still the Peach most worthy 
of cultivation. It is as superior in flavour to all other 
Peaches as the Stanwick Nectarine is superior to all other 
Nectarines. The tree produces small flowers, and the 
leaves have globose glands. It is of American origin, 
whence Mr. Rivers imported it, and was raised by a Mr. 
Crawford, of Middletown, New Jersey. The fruit was 
taken from a tree growing in a pot, and ripened in one of 
Mr. Rivers’ orchard houses. 
Abec Peach. —This fruit isof amedium size and roundish, 
pitted at the apex, one side of which is higher than the 
other, and with a shallow suture, which is also higher on 
one side. The skin is remarkably thin and tender, perhaps 
more so than that of any other Peach,' of a lemon-yellow 
colour, with crimson dots on the shaded side, but covered 
with a crimson cheek and darker dots of the same colour 
on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh white, with a very 
slight tinge of red next the stone, from which it separates 
very freely; remarkably tender and melting, sweet, and with 
somewhat of a Strawberry flavour. 
This, also, is a very fine and an early Peach, quite distinct 
from any other already in cultivation. It ripens in the 
second and third week in Augustin the orchard house. The 
tree has large flowers, and globose glands on the leaves. 
Early Grosse Mignonne Peach. —This is a medium-sized 
fruit, roundish, pitted at the apex, with a small nipple on one 
side of it, and with a shallow suture. The skin has a pale 
red cheek on the side exposed to the sun, and is thickly dotted 
all over with bright crimson dots. The flesh is Avhite, with 
veins of red throughout, separating freely from the stone; 
sweet, very juicy, and vinous. 
This is a very fine Peach, ripening in the orchard house 
in the second week in August. 
The tree has large flowers, and the leaves globose glands ; 
hence it belongs to the same race as the old Grosse Mi¬ 
gnonne, of which it is an ehrly variety. 
Pucelle de Malines Peach. —Fruit medium-sized, 
roundish. Skin yellowish white on the shaded side, with a 
few crimson dots, but with a rather dark red cheek on the 
side next to the sun, and covered with dark crimson dots. 
The flesh is very tender and melting, separating freely from 
the stone; sweet, vinous, and finely flavoured. Ripens in 
the orchard house in the third and last week in August. 
The tree has large flowers, and the leaves are without 
glands, and therefore it belongs to the Noblesse and Malta 
race. 
_ Cooledge’s Favourite Peach. —The fruit is medium¬ 
sized, roundish, with a well-defined suture, which is most 
marked towards tho apex, and rather higher on one side 
than the other. The skin is white, covered with crimson 
dots, and with a crimson cheek on the side next the sun. 
The flesh is very tender and melting, separating freely from 
the stone, juicy and sweet, and with a fine delicate flavour. 
