52 HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM. 



1758, and Bernard de Jussieu demonstrator, since 

 1722; but the former being obliged to reside at 

 Versailles, and the latter finding himself wea- 

 kened through age, M. de Jussieu, his nephew, 

 was chosen to supply the places of both, and was 

 thus charged with the lectures in the garden , 

 and the botanical excursions in the country. Du- 

 ring the last years of his life , Bernard de Jus- 

 sieu intrusted the details of cultivation wholly 

 to M. Andrew" Thouin : it was a signal satisfaction 

 to him to witness the replanting of the botanic 

 garden. When he walked in the establishment, 

 his former pupils crowded around him, listening 

 to him with eagerness, and treasuring up with 

 veneration his slightest words. Among his ser- 

 vices to the garden must be reckoned the educa- 

 tion of his nephew, who has made of botany a 

 regular science, by developing and perfecting the 

 natural method. 



Bernard de Jussieu terminated his honourable 

 career in 1777, and was succeeded by his ne- 

 phew. He has written only a few memoirs, in- 

 serted in the transactions of the academy of 

 sciences, of which he was made a member at 

 the age of twenty six years. More occupied 

 with the progress of science than his own 

 reputation, he imparted his discoveries without 

 reserve to his pupils, and by his liberality in com- 



