Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1896 — A Curiously Named Garden. [ARTICLE]

A Curiously Named Garden.

There is a garden in Brixton kept by an old: gentleman, which presents some curiosities in floral nomenclature. The owner has been seized with a desire to label his flowers after the manner of botanists, but, knowing nothing: of scientific terms, consulted an acquaintance. The result is more amusing than •appropriate, and proves the folly of i wisdom where ignorance is bliss. Scij entitle names have been affixed to all ! the flowers, but strictly on the principle [that “a rose by any other name will smell as sweet.’' One row bears the inscription “Nux vomica;" another is boldly labeled “Nisi Prius;” a third Is affirmed to be “Ipecacuanha," and another to be “Particeps criminls." The amateur gardener is exceedingly proud of his collection, and no one has enlightened him on the incongruity of the descriptions.—London Telegraph.