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621. -WHAT'S IN A NAME. 



RINIDAH contains a mixed population speaking differenl 

 Languages. We have English, Scotch, Irish, French, Ger- 

 man, Spanish, Chinese, Bindostani and various other 

 Foreign nations arc represented in Lesser numbers. The 

 •chief languages spoken arc English, French and Spanish and besides 

 these, both French and Spanish Patois are spoken by the Lower classes. 

 Different Languages, spoken in one place are always found to give rise 

 to the coining of new words and especially is it so, in Botanical matters 

 relating to the various plants and trees, and in many cases it, is 

 found to entirely change the meaning of the original name. For 

 instance take the fruit known as Jambosa vulgaris D. C. This is 

 known as the "Rose apple" in the English tongue. In French, 

 it is known as " Pomme Rose" the equivalent for the English. 

 Now the uneducated English speaker after hearing it called "Pomme 

 Rose" in French or French Patois, instead of* using the word Pomme 

 converts it into "Plum Rose," and as Plum Rose, it is now known 

 by the English speaking lower class. Again Jambosa malaccensis 

 D. C. is known as ■'Pomme Malac" in French Patois, but in English 

 this French name is converted into "Pomerac" or " Pomerack." 

 The fruit of Lucuma Mammosa is known in the French as " Sapote," 

 in Jamaica as the "Mammy Sapote." While in Trinidad the 

 fruit called " Mammy Sapote" is entirely different, being that pro- 

 duced by "Mammea Americana" a fruit not in any way nearly 

 related to the former. The fruit of Sechium edule is known to 

 Jamaicans as Chow Chow, to Trinidadians as " Christophine." 

 The fruit of Solatium Welongene is known as Egg Fruit to English 

 people ; to West Indians it is known as " Belangene," " Melongene," 

 " Belle-et- Jeune" and various other names. A long list of like varia- 

 tions might he quoted, but the moral appears to be, that where, 

 the local names used for one thing are not alike, and when it is 

 necessary to have a certain plant correctly indentified, this can only be 

 done by use of the correct scientific or Latin name under which it is 

 recognised by Science. In fact there is nothing reliable in any local 

 name, as it is proved to be subject to change in different countries, in 

 different districts and even in small communities there exists consider- 

 able variations in the names of plants and fruits. A Rose with a 

 Latin name however would " smell as sweet," and a fruit would taste 

 as good, and both would be more easily identified, were it to be regu- 

 larly used in cases where accuracy is of importance. 



622.-HINTS ABOUT ROSES. 



USEFUL HINTS ON THE SUCCESSFUL GROWING OF ENGLAND'S NATIONAL FLOWER. 



Do not prepare rose beds in wet weather. 



Don't plant a rose tree where it is likely to get a great deal of 

 wind. 



When rose trees are affected with mildew flowers of sulphur should 

 be sprinkled over the leaves. 



