he invited michaud over. he heard about michaud. he understood michd d a farm and he asked me, sure, if you do me a favor, he'd receive these new seeds from afar. and he wanted to see me. sure can conduct an experiment to see if they would grow in french soil, michaud agreed. and next thing he knew the work consoled him and also consumed him. michaud realized he had found his passion. he was a scientist and this sparked that interest in him and the botanist. at first i realized that he had somebody had incredible aptitude. michaud blew me away with his ability to conduct this experiment, and soon he takes michaud under his wing and he becomes his protege. and after he spends a month in vici studying under him, he sent to paris to study at the royal garden. there. and then they are so impressed with him they send michaud over to london to study in the botanical gardens in the uk he returns from london and he sent out in some very early kind of apprenticeship what are called botany expeditions. that's when a botanist goes out to condu