From William 0. Shearer, of Philadelphia, large and fine seedling peaches from a city garden, well worthy of name; we shall call them the " Shearer peach".

From a friend on Staten Island, grapes and peaches of extraordinary beauty and favor, showing very superior cultivation.

The Brinkle grape from Mr. Raabe, promises to be a great acquisition, and is one of several seedlings which probably are to revolutionize our grape culture. The specimens were scarcely ripe; when completely so, they will surpass we think, the Isabella and probably all our present esteemed natives.

Acknowledgements #1

The Editor of The Horticulturist would acknowledge with pleasure the receipt of the following favors : One collection grafts of Russian Apples, from Commissioner of Agriculture; Report Iowa State Horticultural Soc, from Jas. Matthews; Report Department Agriculture, 1869, from Hon. Horace Capron; Vick's New Illustrated Catalogue for 1871; The California Horticulturist, Nov., 1870; The Advertiser's Handbook, from S. M. Pettengill & Co.; The Phrenological Annual, for 1871, Reports Pennsylvania Fruit Growers Society, 1867-1870; Floral Guide and Gardeners' Manual, for 1871, from Phelps & Reynolds, Rochester, N. Y.; Fruit Catalogue, for 1870, from J. S. Downer & Sons, Fairview, Ky.