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to the best interests of all concerned. The essential unity of in- 
terest and problems was emphasized by the nature of the papers 
on this program, and we hope the future may bring about a closer 
rapport in organization, nomenclature, and otherwise among all the 
various aspects of pure and applied botany and its various or- 
ganized groups. 
A lecture on “ The Educational Work of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden,” given on the afternoon of August 13th by the Director, 
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was very well attended, and was followed by considerab 
Among the various excursions planned for the Congress t 
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sion. 
Director attended those to the Royal Horticultural Society’s beau- 
tiful gardens at Wisley; Messrs. James Carter & Co.’s Trial 
Grounds, Raynes Park; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and 
the Hampton Court Gardens, all of which yielded many ideas and 
ideals and much inspiration to be applied in the further develop- 
ment of our own Garden. 
There were of course the usual receptions and teas, including a 
reception by H. M. Government at Lancaster House on the eve- 
ning of the eighth, and a complimentary dinner given by the Royal 
Horticultural Society to the official delegates in Greycoat Street 
Hall on the eleventh. The meetings closed with a Flower Show 
in Greycoat Street Hall (the exhibition hall of the Society) from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the fifteenth. This was a remarkably beautiful 
exhibit. 
Horticultural Nomenclature 
The following resolution of the committee on nomenclature is 
of special interest : 
‘A list of names valid at the time it is made should be drawn 
up and should be good for, say, six years. It 1s imperative that 
this list should follow strictly the rules of botanical nomenclature 
so far as species and botanical varieties are concerned, and that the 
names of plants generally accepted as conformable to the rules at 
the time of the making of the list should alone be used. All per- 
sonal preferences and individual usage must be sunk if not in con- 
formity with these rules. This list should be used universally in 
catalogues, horticultural literature, and gardens for a fixed period. 
An international committee should be appointed to revise this list 
in the light of botanical research at intervals of six years. Such 
