Cajun French is derived from the mixing original French spoken by French soldiers and settlers in Louisiana before the arrival of the Acadians. The language incorporates words of African, Spanish, Native American and English origin, unknown in Acadian French.
A terrarium is a small collection of miniature plants that are grown inside a clear container. The terrarium is sealed to create a self-contained ecosystem, in which the life processes of photosynthesis, respiration and the water cycle take place.
A drawing of a Wardian case. The first terrarium was developed by botanist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward in 1842. Ward had an interest in observing insect behaviour and accidentally left one of the jars unattended. A fern spore in the jar grew, germinated into a plant, and the terrarium was born.