In reading Professor Bailey's report on tomatoes. I am glad to find a proof that manuring the land is a good practice in tomato growing. This has been my experience. We grew the Ignotum last year and thought it by far the best tomato we have yet tried. - Joseph Harris.

John Henderson, of Flushing, born in affluence, one of the firm of £. G. Henderson & Son, the celebrated London florists, died last month in Brooklyn. Seized with ambition, he went to Italy and undertook the growing of flowers for perfumery. Failing to make that a profitable industry, he came to America, his only capital being honor, intelligence and industry, which proved amply sufficient for the accumulation of a fortune. He commenced on a small scale, and when he retired possessed one of the largest establishments for the growing of cut-flowers in America. Among the plants that have been popular in this country, he was the originator of the Pearl tuberose, which was an accidental sport in his grounds. The climbing Perle rose, now being introduced, also came into being on his grounds, and the fine red rose Papa Gontier received its first real recognition at this place. Space forbids further mention of his achievements here, save that his death leaves a place that will be hard to fill in the ranks of noble men and horticulturists, and a memory that should inspire our young men.