26 SEPTEMBER 1885, Page 16

A CORRECTION.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " EIPECTATOR."] Sin,—In the Spectator of September 19th you quote from Mr. Macgregor's poems about Brazil the expression, " God-feeding cacao plants," which you think unintelligible. It is an allusion to the name Theobroma—drink for the Gods—which Linnaeus gave to the cacao plant as a memorial of his own liking for cacao, or perhaps, chocolate. This saves the expression from being nonsense, but leaves it nearer prose than ever.—I am, Sir,

J. J. M.