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ACCLIMATIZATION. 
cult to avoid. The rockery and artificial lake may hereafter be objects of 
attraction, but at present the less said of them the better. Now it is evident 
that neither this garden nor any other can afford space to acclimatize the globe ; 
whatever may be its future extension, it simply claims to be a standing-witness 
of, as well as a strong incentive to, what can and should be done elsewhere. 
To quote the words of M. Bufz de Lavison : “ It is a sort of scientific agency, 
which facilitates the means of procuring proper specimens in the case of all 
those who desire to make similar experiments, spares them the trouble and 
saves them from the futile endeavour and lost time which must necessarily 
occur whenever any one embarks on new researches without former ex¬ 
perience and without a guide.” 
Let us now seek the retirement of the little reading-room, where we shall 
find books, treatises, and periodicals bearing on acclimatization, and where, 
sheltered from the glare of the sun without, we may glean something of the 
private history of a few great acclimatists.* 
M. Charles de Montigny belonged to a family which left France during the 
Bevolution ; he himself was born in Germany, in the year 1808. At an early 
age he entered the army, and was aide-de-camp to General Favier during the 
campaign in Greece. After some time filling a post in the Navy Department, 
he went in 1843 to China, as attache of the Embassy, under Monsieur de 
Lagrenee. On his return he was appointed Consul for France in China, and 
some years afterwards, when made Consul-General, was sent to Siam, as 
Minister Plenipotentiary, and there successfully negotiated the treaty of 1856. 
While in China he devoted w hat little leisure he had to promoting the accli¬ 
matization of several animals, and numerous useful plants, as is sufficiently 
shown by the many times his name occurs in the Bulletin of the Imperial 
Society. As a reward for his diplomatic services he was made Commander 
of the Legion of Honour, and had his health permitted might now have been 
Minister for France at Pekin. Again, as testimony to his great services ren¬ 
dered in China, the Foreign community resident at Shanghai presented to 
him a most flattering address on his departure in 1859. 
M. Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys was born at Paris, November 19th, 1805. 
His father was Beceiver-General, and some members of his family were dis¬ 
tinguished in the army and the magistracy. He studied at the College of 
Louis le Grand. In 1823 he obtained the first prize in Bhetoric. After 
having gone through the routine of the School of Law r , he entered on the 
career of diplomacy, and from 1830 to 1840 was successively Attache of the 
Embassy at Madrid, Charge d’Affaires at Lahaye, and finally Chief Secretary 
at Madrid. In 1840 he w~as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the department of 
Commerce. In 1842 he entered the House, and from that time he has been 
distinguished in the political world. In addition to his strong bias for a 
public life, M. Drouyn de Lhuys has always shown a marked predilection for 
agriculture ; he was one of the first to follow in the footsteps of Isidore Geof- 
froy Saint-Hilaire, and forms a living example of how well the man of the 
w r orld may blend w ith the man of science. 
Baron James de Rothschild, the fifth and last survivor of the sons of Meyer 
Bothschild, the founder of the house of that celebrated name. He was born 
at Frankfort in 1792, and established himself in Paris in 1812. Some years 
afterwards the Emperor of Austria gave him the title of Consul-General of the 
Empire in France, which title he has always since retained. After the Besto- 
* “As for the Acquaintance which is to be sought in Travel, that which is most of all 
profitable, is Acquaintance with the Secretaries and employed Men of Ambassadors; for so 
in travelling in one Country, he shall suck the experience of many. Let him also see and 
visit eminent Persons, in all kinds, which are of great Name abroad, that he may be able to 
tell how the Life agreeth with the Fame .”—Lord Bacon, 
