I like it a lot best rx promotions Before he set out on HMS Beagle, Darwin was elected a Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), founded five years before. Its zoo was one of the world’s first scientific zoos (after Jardin des Plantes in Paris), where scientists could study animals. He later served on its council. A hundred years later, his journal was edited by his granddaughter Nora Barlow. Gardeners may know her as the creator of aquilegia 'Nora Barlow’. She was my grandmother: her influence made wild nature vital for all of our family. When my throat recovered, I begged to see hummingbirds, and it was natural for my mother to take us to the zoo.