RECORDS OF AUSTRALIAN BOTANISTS. 153 



of his works, will be found in Proc. Roy. Soc. Q., xxvm, 

 1916. He leaves the reputation of an entirely efficient 

 public servant, and of a most lovable man. 



Betche, Ernst, (1851 - 1913). 



Born 31st December, 1851, at Potsdam near Berlin, died 

 28th June, 1913 at Sydney. Collector, Botanic Gardens, 

 Sydney, 26th September 1881, and nominated by me Botani- 

 cal Assistant, 3rd March 1897, a post he held until his death. 

 He suffered from ill-health all his life, and so personally 

 was not known to very many, but he was a sound botanist 

 and left a permanent mark on the flora of New South Wales. 

 I published an account of his career at p. 14 of my 1913 

 Report of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, to which my 

 readers are referred. After his death there was published 

 the "Census of New South Wales Plants," (in 1916) a work 

 on which he and I had been engaged for many years. 



Bradley, Henry Houghton (1845 - 1918). 



He was born in Surry Hills, Sydney, 4th November 1845, 

 and died at "Grantham," North Sydney (the former home 

 of Admiral P. P. King, r.n.) on 23rd November 1918. He 

 distinguished himself in various walks of life. He was a 

 leading solicitor, succeeding his father, not only as head of 

 the long-established firm in Margaret Street, Sydney, but 

 also in his love for horticulture, and capacity for improving 

 bulbous plants. His horticultural eminence, for lie was the 

 most distinguished Australian horticulturist of his time, 

 overshadowed his botanical side, for he was well versed in 

 the literature and practice of hybridisation and genetics. 

 One of his few papers is entitled " Hybridising at the 

 Antipodes," Report of the 3rd Int. Conf. 1906 on Genetics, 

 published in the Journ. Royal Hort. Soc, pp. 388-400. 

 Mr. Bradley's paper deals with Narcissus, Hippeastrum, 

 Gloriosa, Lilium, Sporting, Graft-hybridisation and Bi- 



