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[ December, 1876. 
up in December with earth harrowed to them, and kept up in its place over them by a board 
in front, so that very little breadth of border is occupied, and the line always looks neat and 
tidy. The earthing-up must be completed in December, or while the plants ai'e still dor¬ 
mant, and finished off once for all, instead of being gradually done, as for celery; because, 
if growth commences imder the action of light, the shoots will acquire a bitterness and 
a discoloration which no subsequent blanching can remedy. When the crop is all eaten—and 
it is generally finished by Easter—the board is removed, the earth wheeled back to the spot 
whence it was taken, and the plants left to grow at will, until the season returns to re-cover 
them. If it be desired to combine the earthing-up system with forcing l)y stable-manure, 
the Sea-kale can be grown in two or more parallel rows. After earthing-up, fermenting dung 
can be thrown between the ridges and by the side of each outer ridge, either for a part or the 
whole of their length. Sea-kale so grown, even without any forcing, precedes asparagus as a 
vegetable—one of its merits. Cracks in the ridge of earth indicate approximately when the 
young shoots are fit for cutting. The earth must be removed with caution, as the young 
shoots are exceedingly brittle. 
- M ♦ Boisduval, the distinguished French entomologist, has given the name 
of Bryotropha solanella to the Potato-destroying Moth^ whose caterpillar has shown 
itself so injurious in Algeria. It is one of the Tineinae. The caterpillar of this moth 
lives in the tubers, in which it burrows and forms tortuous galleries, eating its way before it, 
and excreting dejecta of so foiil an odour that animals refuse to eat the evil-smelling tubers, 
which, moreover, speedily rot. 
- ;f^E. Henby Tdbneb died at his residence, Beech Hill, Bury St. 
Edmund’s, on October 22, in his 66th year. He began life as a gardener, and 
for many years was curator of the Bury St. Edmund’s Botanic Gardens, which 
position he resigned about 1857, after having established his claim as one of the heirs-at-law 
of a wealthy relative who had died intestate. He was a warm supporter of the Bury Horti¬ 
cultural Society, being a Vice-President, and one of its oldest members. 
- JJTb. Edwabd Geoege Hendeeson, of the Wellington Eoad Nurseries, 
St. John’s Wood, died on November 4, in his 94th year. He was the eldest son 
of Mr. Andrew Henderson, the founder of the Pine-apple Place Nursery, and he 
remained with his father until the beginning of the present century, when he commenced 
business on his own account, at the nurseries in Edgware Road, known as Vine Place, Mr. 
J. A. Henderson, the younger son, remaining at the Pine-apple Nursery. About forty years ago, 
Mr. E. G. Henderson removed to Wellington Road, at which establishment he continued to culti¬ 
vate an extensive and varied collection of plants until about twelve years ago, when he 
retired from taking an active part in the business. 
- ilSpE. Thomas Pateeson died at Chiswick on November 12, aged 42 
years. He was a native of Scotland, and commenced his gardening career at 
Balcarres, Fife. In 1858 he entered the Society’s gardens at Chiswick, and after 
a few years’ stay he left to enter the service of J. Willing, Esq., at Ham, Surrey, as gardener 
and bailiff, where he remained until the property was disposed of. In 1872 he returned to 
Chiswick as general foreman, a situation which he filled with great credit to himself and to 
the Society. 
- Geoege Austen, of Tresco Farm, Isles of Scilly, died recently, 
after a short illness. He was a native of Staffordshire, and after serving in the 
gardens at Sandon Hall and Stackpole Court, he was successively gardener to 
Lord Barrington, at Beckett Park, to Mr. Biddulph, banker, of Ledbury, and to the Rev. 
T. Phillpotts, of Porthgwidden, Cornwall. Six years ago he entered the service of the late 
Augustus Smith, Esq., as manager of the farm and estate of Tresco, and he continued in tlie 
service of the present proprietor, Dorrien Smith, Esq., up to the time of his decease. Mr. 
Austen was an excellent practical gardener, and famous as a first-class melon and 
cucumber-grower. 
