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bee, which Mr. Tegetmeier, secretary of the Apiarian Society, lias 
already partially succeeded in acclimatising. J3y the kindness of 
this gentlemen I am enabled to show specimens of the bee. Jfe 
gives it a most excellent character; it would be a great adjunct to 
our farm economy. As regards plants I have much to say, but I 
dare not break into tins subject, which would require an evening 
to itself; suffice it to say, that there is an immense opening for 
the introduction of plants that would prove to be of the greatest 
use both to the poor and the rich. 
I have now taken a hasty and summary survey of tlie animal 
Icingdom, and have presented to your notice what facts I have 
been able to obtain relative to various beasts, birds, fishes, (fee., 
which are capable of acclimatisation. We have space and in<*ans, 
and food for many of them in our own favoured island ; we know 
w'here they are, we can get them with interest, labour, and money, 
and when they amve here we have, I am convinced, and actually 
know, many who will take charge of them. We, as Englishmen, 
are particularly lucky as to our chances of obtaining them. It is 
said the sun never sets upon the possessions of our most gracious 
Queen. English vessels are sailing daily to and from our colonies. 
Let ns establish a system of interchange, receiving in return that 
which will be advantageous to us at home; for u]) to this time 
this country has been acting on the principle of all give and no 
takewe export thousands of our best living productions—how 
few do we import. AVe have all the crude materials provided by 
Nature herself; for an extensive scheme of acclimatisation at 
hand, all we want is the interference of man, who shall apply 
energy and capital. 
How then is this great object to bo carried out. Individuals 
are comparatively powerless, but by means of a union of efforts, 
in the shape of a society, something might be done; at all events 
it is well worth a trial. The idea, therefore, having been started, 
took a tangible shape but a few months ago. The intelligent 
proprietor of the Field newBj)aper (a journal which opens its 
columns to the encouragement of that talent of observation and 
love of natural objects which we all of us instinctively possess), 
Mr. John Crockford, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, and myself 
held a consultation as to wliether it was not possible to direct into 
one channel tlie many facts relating to the subject of acclimatisa¬ 
tion which "Were floating about, little heeded. 
The Hon. Grantley Berkeley, as is well-known, is a gentleman 
who has devoted much of his life to the active pursuit of field 
sports, and during n long course of years he has devoted his 
