A YORKSHIRE NATURALIST 3 



"When about nine years old I was sent into 

 " these gardens, and when I had been there about 

 " two years I was apprenticed to my uncle for seven 

 " years more. Before this time expired my uncle 

 " died, and it fell to my lot to conduct the business 

 " until I was eighteen or nineteen years of age. At 

 " this age, wishing to learn the higher branches of 

 " gardening, I left the place and took a situation as 

 Bunder-gardener at Wykeham Abbey, then in the 

 " hands of the Langleys. After being at Wykeham 

 " three years, I became head-gardener to Lord 

 " Mulgrave, of Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, where 

 " I remained several years. When I returned to 

 " Scarborough I engaged myself to my cousin, 

 " William Bean, who had carried on his father's 

 " business since I left for Wykeham. He did not 

 " like the work of superintendence, and transferred 

 " it to my shoulders, but soon gave up the gardens 

 " entirely. I then started business on my own 

 " account, looking after the gardens of several 

 "residents of Scarborough, which kept me nicely 

 " employed. 



" It was during my leisure hours at this time that 

 " I commenced the study of geology, entomology, 

 " conchology, and ornithology. The collections 

 "which I made were afterwards deposited in the 

 "Scarborough Museum, which was built in the year 

 " 1827-28. To this museum I was appointed curator, 

 " and fulfilled the duties of the situation more than 

 41 twenty-seven years." 



