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ioritv oi' ijrnduft. iiim.sii;il liistorv. or other similar reason. Few tree 

 varieties .ire recognized as such until after having been propagated by 

 at least one asexual method, such as budding, grafting, layering or 

 (li\ iding. 



Tlie Committee calls special attention to a recent report on nomen- 

 clature, appearing in a bound volume of 546 pages, under the title 

 "Standardized Plant Names." This report was prepared and pub- 

 lished by the American Joint C'onnnittee on Nomenclature, which was 

 dulv appointed by the leading horticultural societies of the country. 

 It represents the latest authority on matters of horticultural nomencla- 

 ture, and is indorsed by the leading horticultur.al authorities of the 

 present time. Of immediate interest to this Association is the fact that 

 Hicoria replaces Cari/a as being the proper generic name of the hickory 

 group. 



NOTES FROM AX FXPERLMFNTAL NUT ORCHARD 

 Willard (i. Hi.il>i/, Baldzci?!, X. Y. 



For several years the association has been advocating the plant- 

 ing of experimental nut orchards, and ever since I heard of this sugges- 

 tion I lia\'e been desirous of ha\ing ojie aiul being able to contribute 

 iiiforuiatioij to our knowledge of nut growing. Therefore since 1917 

 I have been assembling at Baldwin material which I hoped would aid 

 in this. At tin- Rochester meeting some of the results were iu)ted, and 

 tills \tar. I trust, something jiresented will prove of interest. 



Chestnuts — Last year I expressed the belief that by carefully 

 watching chestnut trees and cutting out the blight as soon as it ap- 

 peared it should be possible to grow and fruit almost any \ariety in the 

 bliaht are;i. 'I'liis I have done with e\erv variety that 1 have, but that 

 is about all. apparently, that it is possible to do. for nearly all of my 

 trees h/i\e been badly attacked by the blight at the crown; that is, .at 

 the junction of the root .and trunk, ;irul to cut out the l>light means to 

 cut down the tree. The most resistant \.ariety noticed so far is the 

 Boone, which has some Japanese chestnut ))arentage, but probably the 

 Boone trees will not last over a year longer. 



Apparently it is going to be necessary to get some resi.stant stock 

 and do the grafting high enough to prevent fatal attack of the blight 

 at the crown. Mr. P. W. Wang sent some Chinese chestnuts in the 



