76 . HISTORICAL EULOGIUM, &C. 



a son and a daughter; this son was M. Adrien de Jussieu, 

 Member of the Academy. 



Strongly contrasted with his uncle Bernard, whom he 

 closely resembled in all other respects, was M. de Jussieu's 

 preference for society to solitude. His society, certainly, 

 consisted chiefly of his own family, but that family was large, 

 and he had added to its number by adopting two nephews 

 and a niece, the latter of whom subsequently became his 

 son's wife, and whose death they had to deplore in 1831. 

 He was deeply beloved by his whole family ; well are known 

 the devoted attentions, of which he was the object, from 

 Madame de Jussieu, his second wife, and Mademoiselle de 

 Jussieu, one of the daughters of his first marriage. And he 

 requited this kindness by the most unbounded attachment to 

 his family, delighting especially in gathering around him his 

 grandchildren, watching their amusements, and rejoicing 

 that his library contained so many books in which the pic- 

 tures of flowers and animals afforded the little ones amuse- 

 ment. He was particularly fond of young people ; like all 

 those who are permitted to see old age, he felt the trials attached 

 to this privilege in the gradual dropping off of all his early 

 friends, but succeeding generations helped to fill the gap, 

 and he died surrounded with youthful botanists, who felt for 

 him both affection and respect. 



Old age had bowed M. de Jussieu extremely ; he was 

 naturally very tall, and had a strong constitution. He owed 

 to his fondness for walking and habit of occupation (which is 

 the exercise of the mind, and in which he persisted to his 

 last days), and to the affectionate attention of all kinds that 

 were bestowed upon him, an admirable state of health, which 

 suffered scarcely any interruption, and then but slightly, to 

 the close of life. His last malady was not such as to excite 

 apprehension at first ; but soon the total and irremediable 

 want of action that supervened in the digestive organs, de- 

 stroyed all hope of recovery. He died on the ITth Septem- 

 ber, 1836, eightv-eijrht years and a half old. 



