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named to succeed him i J.-A. Thouin , gardener 

 at Stord near File -Adam, who distinguished 

 himself alike by his knowledge and his zeal, 

 and who was the head of a family, since be- 

 come so respectable , by its services to the King's 

 Garden and other establishments. 



At his death in 1768, Bernard de Jussieu made 

 choice of his son, Andrew Thouin, then twenty 

 years of age, as the person best fitted to repair 

 the loss. This young man , brought up in the gar- 

 den , formed by the lessons of the greatest mas- 

 ters , and passionately fond of study , soon ac- 

 quired that extensive knowledge which opened 

 his way to the academy of sciences , and pro- 

 cured him the title of professor of agriculture , 

 which he still adorns. By the united care of the 

 professor, the demonstrator, and the young gar- 

 dener , the collection of living plants in a short 

 time became more numerous and interesting 

 than could have been hoped ; as the intendant 

 solely occupied with the cabinet , which he had 

 in a manner created , concerned himself less 

 about the other parts of the establishment. 



We shall presently see that the solicitations 

 of M. A.-L. de Jussieu, determined Buffon to di- 

 rect his attention to botany, for which the es- 

 tablishment was originally formed ; and when , 

 in 1772, he resolved on giving it all possible 



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