576 Forestry Quarterly. 



W ood-parenchyma fibers. — Other names in use: fiber cells, cell 

 fibers, parenchymatous-wood cells, starch-containing cells, and 

 parenchyma cells. 



The above list of synonyms gives in part the various names of 

 elements used at present in works dealing with wood structure, 

 and from among these an investigator could select standard terms 

 to be used in future publications on this subject. To work out 

 and adopt such a terminology would probably wound the feelings 

 of some few recent authors who have pet names for certain struc- 

 tures, but the aim should be to select terms most familiar to the 

 majority of students of wood structure. It is important to avoid 

 all useless technicalities, in order to render the subject matter as 

 clear as possible. A number of authors would be willing to 

 make a sacrifice of their favorite names when the general good 

 of the subject requires it. There are numerous laymen interested 

 in wood structure, and the less technical the terms are the more 

 attention will be directed to the subject and a great many difficul- 

 ties will disappear if a uniform terminology can be determined 

 upon. 



