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you would be so good as to have a note inserted in the Forester 

 giving the Boarding School credit for the really excellent work 

 that Mr. Lyman has been carrying on since long before I ever 

 heard of the institution, in spite of the fact that I seem to have 

 come in and carried off the glory. Yours very truly, 



F. A. Clow^es, 

 Superintendent Hawaii Substations. 



ADDENDA 2. THE NAME "dASIIEEN". 



Washington, D. C, January 24, 1914. 



Dear Prof. AlacCaughey : — In connection with our use of the 

 name "dasheen," I would say that while I had a feeling when in 

 Hawaii that we might find it advisable to drop this name and take 

 up the better known name "taro," I found that there was a rather 

 strong feeling on the part of a good luany persons that we ought 

 to stick to the name "dasheen,"' particularly as the plant had be- 

 come fairly well known under that name in a good many places. 

 Various other arguments have been advanced both for and 

 against the retention of the name, but my superiors finally decided 

 that the name should be retained. 



The derivation of the word is now easily traced to the French, 

 and this case seems to be precisely similar to that of the origin of 

 the French word for turkey, dinde, which was originally d'liide. 

 I realize that those who have known the taro will hardly become 

 reconciled to this word dasheen, but as comparatively few peo]:)le 

 on the mainland arc acquainted even with the former word, and 

 many thousands arc now more or less familiar with the name 

 dasheen, I think the question is probably settled here for all tiiue. 

 \'cTy sincerely yours, 



R. A. Young, 

 Scientific Assistant. 

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